Hausa plant name

Kakayi

Kakayi is a Hausa name for Momordica charantia, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Momordica charantia

  Name as published

  Kakayi

  Language

  Hausa

  Botanical name as published

  Momordica charantia L.

  Parts reported

  leaves, fruit, whole plant, seeds and fruit root

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 32

  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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