ikw plant name

Ngwu

Ngwu is a ikw name for Phyllanthus amarus, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Phyllanthus amarus

  Name as published

  Ngwu

  Language

  ikw

  Botanical name as published

  Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn.

  Parts reported

  whole plant

  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 136

  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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