Yoruba plant name

Madunmaro

Madunmaro is a Yoruba name for Gongronemopsis latifolia, recorded in Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria.

The record

• Gongronemopsis latifolia

  Name as published

  Madunmaro

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Gongronema latifolia Benth.

  Parts reported

  root

  Where recorded

  Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 22

  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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