Hausa plant name
Gwanda
Gwanda is a Hausa name for Carica papaya, recorded in Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The record
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- Name as published
- Gwanda
- Language
- Hausa
- Botanical name as published
- Carica papaya
- Parts reported
- leaves, roots, seeds and stem bark
- Where recorded
- Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 11
- 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
- Gwanda
- Language
- Hausa
- Botanical name as published
- Carica papaya (Linn.)
- Parts reported
- latex fruit
- Where recorded
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 35
- 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.