plant name

Mkpuru Ugu

Mkpuru Ugu is a name for Telfairia occidentalis, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Telfairia occidentalis

  Name as published

  Mkpuru ugu

  Language

  unspecified language

  Botanical name as published

  Telfaria occidentalis Hook. F.

  Parts reported

  flowers, leaves and leaf

  Where recorded

  all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethno medicinal survey of plants used by the indigenes of Rivers State of Nigeria — Table 1, row 66

  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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