Yoruba and Igbo plant name
Ponpondo
Ponpondo is a Yoruba and Igbo name for Canavalia ensiformis, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The record
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- Name as published
- Ponpondo
- Language
- Yoruba
- Botanical name as published
- Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.
- Parts reported
- leaf
- Where recorded
- Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria — Supplementary Table S1, row 37
- 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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- Name as published
- Ponpondo
- Language
- Igbo
- Botanical name as published
- Canavalia ensiformis
- Parts reported
- seed
- Where recorded
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 79
- 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.