Hausa plant name
Kakara
Kakara is a Hausa plant name that published sources map to more than one species: Mucuna pruriens and Mucuna sloanei. Sanko does not resolve it to a single taxon.
Sources disagree
Two or more published surveys record Kakara against different species. Both readings are shown below with their sources. Sanko keeps the name unresolved rather than choosing between them.
What the sources say
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- Name as published
- Kakara
- Language
- Hausa
- Botanical name as published
- Mucuna sloanei
- Parts reported
- seeds and roots
- Where recorded
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 71
- 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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- Name as published
- Kakara
- Language
- Hausa
- Botanical name as published
- Mucuna pruriens
- Parts reported
- hairs on the pods
- Where recorded
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 72
- 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.