Yoruba plant name

Esisi

Esisi is a Yoruba name for Mucuna pruriens, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Mucuna pruriens

  Name as published

  Esisi

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Mucuna pruriens

  Parts reported

  hairs on the pods

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 72

  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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