Igbo plant name

Tomato

Tomato is a Igbo name for Solanum lycopersicum, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Solanum lycopersicum

  Name as published

  Tomato

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Solanum lycopersicum

  Parts reported

  fruit

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 8

  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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