plant name

Pawpaw

Pawpaw is a name for Carica papaya, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Carica papaya

  Name as published

  Pawpaw

  Language

  unspecified language

  Botanical name as published

  Carica papaya L.

  Parts reported

  leaves, fruit 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 49

  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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