ikw plant name

Oseojiala

Oseojiala is a ikw name for Zingiber officinale, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Zingiber officinale

  Name as published

  Oseojiala

  Language

  ikw

  Botanical name as published

  Zingiber officinale Roscoe

  Parts reported

  rhizome and root

  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 185

  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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