ekp plant name

Olugbu

Olugbu is a ekp name for Gymnanthemum amygdalinum, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Gymnanthemum amygdalinum

  Name as published

  Olugbu

  Language

  ekp

  Botanical name as published

  Vernonia amygdalina Del.

  Parts reported

  leaves and bark

  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 31

  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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