Yoruba plant name

Ireke

Ireke is a Yoruba name for Saccharum officinarum, recorded in Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria.

The record

• Saccharum officinarum

  Name as published

  Ireke

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Saccharum officinarum Linn.

  Parts reported

  stem

  Where recorded

  Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 37

  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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