Yoruba plant name
Epa Ikun
Epa Ikun is a Yoruba plant name that published sources map to more than one species: Senna obtusifolia and Senna tora. Sanko does not resolve it to a single taxon.
Sources disagree
Two or more published surveys record Epa Ikun against different species. Both readings are shown below with their sources. Sanko keeps the name unresolved rather than choosing between them.
What the sources say
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- Name as published
- Epa ikun
- Language
- Yoruba
- Botanical name as published
- Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
- Parts reported
- leaf
- 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 144
- 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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- Name as published
- Epa-ikun
- Language
- Yoruba
- Botanical name as published
- Senna tora (L.) Roxb.
- Parts reported
- stem and 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 147
- 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.