Yoruba plant name

Owu

Owu is a Yoruba name for Gossypium barbadense, recorded in Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria.

The record

• Gossypium barbadense

  Name as published

  Owu

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Gossypium barbadense Linn.

  Parts reported

  seed

  Where recorded

  Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 23

  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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