Hausa plant name

Gwamba

Gwamba is a Hausa name for Colocasia esculenta, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Colocasia esculenta

  Name as published

  Gwamba

  Language

  Hausa

  Botanical name as published

  Colocasia esculentum (L.) Schott

  Parts reported

  tuber and leaves

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 19

  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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