ikw plant name

Nkwo

Nkwo is a ikw name for Elaeis guineensis, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Elaeis guineensis

  Name as published

  Nkwo

  Language

  ikw

  Botanical name as published

  Elaeis guineensis Jacq

  Parts reported

  fruit pericarp

  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 127

  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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