Yoruba plant name

Ewe – Emu

Ewe – Emu is a Yoruba name for Hibiscus surattensis, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria.

The record

• Hibiscus surattensis

  Name as published

  Ewe – emu

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Hibiscus surattensis L.

  Parts reported

  leaves, flower, 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 91

  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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