Yoruba plant name

Emi-ile

Emi-ile is a Yoruba name for Euphorbia hirta, recorded in Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria.

The record

• Euphorbia hirta

  Name as published

  Emi-ile

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Euphorbia hirta Linn.

  Parts reported

  plant

  Where recorded

  Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 18

  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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