Yoruba plant name

Oro Mopa

Oro Mopa is a Yoruba name for Irvingia gabonensis, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Irvingia gabonensis

  Name as published

  Oro mopa

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Irvingia gabonensis

  Parts reported

  bark, leaves, seeds and seed

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 43

  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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