Hausa plant name

Sanyantan

Sanyantan is a Hausa name for Celosia trigyna, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Celosia trigyna

  Name as published

  sanyantan

  Language

  Hausa

  Botanical name as published

  Celosia laxa

  Parts reported

  leaves

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 80

  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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