ijn plant name

Ododo

Ododo is a ijn name for Dioscorea villosa, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Dioscorea villosa

  Name as published

  Ododo

  Language

  ijn

  Botanical name as published

  Dioscorea villosa L.

  Parts reported

  tuber

  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 67

  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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