Yoruba plant name

Igba/apoka

Igba/apoka is a Yoruba name for Persea americana, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Persea americana

  Name as published

  Igba/apoka

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Persea americana (Mill)

  Parts reported

  fruit

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 50

  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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