Yoruba plant name

Ibepe

Ibepe is a Yoruba name for Carica papaya, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Carica papaya

  Name as published

  Ibepe

  Language

  Yoruba

  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.

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