Igbo plant name

Ngu-lung-wu

Ngu-lung-wu is a Igbo name for Spondias mombin, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Spondias mombin

  Name as published

  Ngu-lung-wu

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Spondias mombin L.

  Parts reported

  leaves, bark, leaf, stem, root and fruit

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 16

  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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