Yoruba plant name

Ifon

Ifon is a Yoruba name for Olax subscorpioidea, recorded in Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria.

The record

• Olax subscorpioidea

  Name as published

  Ifon

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Olax subscorpioidea Oliver

  Parts reported

  root

  Where recorded

  Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 33

  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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