Yoruba and Igbo plant name

Seke

Seke is a Yoruba and Igbo name for Delonix regia, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Delonix regia

  Name as published

  Seke

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Delonix regia

  Parts reported

  leaves, bark, seeds and flower

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 84

  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.

• Delonix regia

  Name as published

  seke

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Delonix regia

  Parts reported

  leaves, bark, seeds and flower

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 84

  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.

All Yoruba and Igbo and other local plant names →