Yoruba plant name

Oparun

Oparun is a Yoruba name for Bambusa vulgaris, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Bambusa vulgaris

  Name as published

  Oparun

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Bambusa vulgaris L.

  Parts reported

  leaves and young shoots

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 56

  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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