Igbo plant name

Nchanwu

Nchanwu is a Igbo name for Ocimum gratissimum, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Ocimum gratissimum

  Name as published

  Nchanwu

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Ocimum gratissimum

  Parts reported

  leaves, whole plant and leaf

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 47

  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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