Hausa plant name

Obiarakara

Obiarakara is a Hausa name for Chromolaena odorata, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Chromolaena odorata

  Name as published

  Obiarakara

  Language

  Hausa

  Botanical name as published

  Chromolaena odorata (Linn.)

  Parts reported

  leaves and stem-twigs

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 23

  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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