Yoruba plant name

Egusi Itoo

Egusi Itoo is a Yoruba name for Melothria sphaerocarpa, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria.

The record

• Melothria sphaerocarpa

  Name as published

  Egusi Itoo

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin

  Parts reported

  root

  Where recorded

  Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria — Supplementary Table S1, row 59

  Scope used

  Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.

  Verification

  Taxonomy checked against GBIF. Not reviewed by a botanist, language reviewer or practitioner.

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