Yoruba plant name

Kaju

Kaju is a Yoruba name for Anacardium occidentale, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Anacardium occidentale

  Name as published

  Kaju

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Anacardium occidentale L.

  Parts reported

  bark, twigs, leaves, leaf and fruit

  Where recorded

  Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria — Supplementary Table S1, row 15

  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.

• Anacardium occidentale

  Name as published

  Kaju

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Anacardium occidentale L.

  Parts reported

  bark, twigs, leaves, leaf and fruit

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 17

  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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