Igbo plant name

Ji-ocha

Ji-ocha is a Igbo name for Dioscorea cayenensis, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Dioscorea cayenensis

  Name as published

  Ji-ocha

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Dioscoreae cayennensis

  Parts reported

  tubers

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, 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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