Hausa plant name

Shiwaka

Shiwaka is a Hausa name for Gymnanthemum amygdalinum, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Gymnanthemum amygdalinum

  Name as published

  Shiwaka

  Language

  Hausa

  Botanical name as published

  Vernonia amygdalina (Del.)

  Parts reported

  leaf

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 21

  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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