Igbo
Igbo plant names
Sanko has mapped 71 Igbo plant names to accepted botanical names, each traceable to a published ethnobotanical survey.
- Abrika/Okirima Musa paradisiaca
- Agbalumo Gambeya albida
- Ajemawofo Celosia trigyna
- Ake Mbogho Jatropha gossypiifolia
- Akidimuo Crotalaria retusa
- Aku-beke Cocos nucifera
- Alo-ose Momordica charantia
- Aloe Aloe schweinfurthii
- Alu-bosa Allium cepa
- Anya Nnunu Abrus precatorius
- Apala Cucurbita maxima
- Ariraa/ulogburu Corchorus olitorius
- Atosi Bambusa vulgaris
- Awo-lowo Chromolaena odorata
- Ayo-ishi Allium sativum
- Chita Zingiber officinale
- Ede Colocasia esculenta
- Edo Terminalia avicennioides
- Elili/egwusi Citrullus colocynthis
- Eweowo Ouret lanata
- Eze-ogu Morinda lucida
- Gova Psidium guajava
- Icheku Dialium guineense
- Igiose Adansonia digitata
- Ji-ocha Dioscorea cayenensis
- Kadaura Daniellia oliveri
- Laali. Lawsonia inermis
- Nch-anwu Cymbopogon citratus
- Nchanwu Ocimum gratissimum
- Nche Awula Cymbopogon citratus
- Ngu-lung-wu Spondias mombin
- Nkw-aba Ananas comosus
- Nmi-mi Uvariopsis tripetala
- Nte-oka/inene Talinum fruticosum
- Nwabuakonshi Nauclea latifolia
- Nyin-yiog-wu Acanthus montanus
- Ofun Avicennia germinans
- Og-wu Akom Azadirachta indica
- Ogb-eria-kuko Heliotropium indicum
- Ogb-ono Irvingia gabonensis
- Ogili-si Spathodea campanulata
- Ogirisi Spathodea campanulata
- Oju-Ologbo Morinda morindoides
- Okeokpa Millettia thonningii
- Okobo Mitragyna inermis
- Okpo Atu Piliostigma reticulatum
- Okweoyeibe Moringa oleifera
- Okworo-gbogbo Carica papaya
- Okwuma Vitellaria paradoxa
- Olug-bu Gymnanthemum amygdalinum
- Olulu-idu Jatropha curcas
- Omonigelegele Cassytha filiformis
- Onu-gbu Gymnanthemum amygdalinum
- Or-oma Citrus aurantium
- Ose Capsicum annuum
- Ose/totashi Capsicum annuum
- Ponpondo Canavalia ensiformis
- Sas-hu Anacardium occidentale
- Sawamsop Annona muricata
- Seke Delonix regia
- Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
- Ube-beke Persea americana
- Ugu Telfairia occidentalis
- Ukpa Plukenetia conophora
- Uku Mimusops kummel
- Ula Ujula Ageratum conyzoides
- Uri Baphia nitida
- Utakiri Vitex doniana
- Werepe Mucuna pruriens
- Yanka-dafi Triumfetta rhomboidea
- Yerepe Werepe Mucuna sloanei