Yoruba plant name

Jinga

Jinga is a Yoruba name for Zingiber officinale, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Zingiber officinale

  Name as published

  Jinga

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Zingiber officinale (Rose)

  Parts reported

  corm

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

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

  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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