Hausa plant name

Okamu/ayaba

Okamu/ayaba is a Hausa name for Musa paradisiaca, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Musa paradisiaca

  Name as published

  Okamu/ayaba

  Language

  Hausa

  Botanical name as published

  Musa paradisiaca L.

  Parts reported

  root, stem, leaves and unripe fruit

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 51

  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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