Yoruba plant name

Ewuro

Ewuro is a Yoruba name for Gymnanthemum amygdalinum, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Gymnanthemum amygdalinum

  Name as published

  Ewuro

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Vernonia amygdalina Delile

  Parts reported

  leaf and stem

  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 179

  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.

• Gymnanthemum amygdalinum

  Name as published

  Ewuro

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Vernonia amygdalina (Del.)

  Parts reported

  leaf

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 21

  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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