Fulfulde plant name

Turguel

Turguel is a Fulfulde name for Striga hermonthica, recorded in Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria.

The record

• Striga hermonthica

  Name as published

  Turguel

  Language

  Fulfulde

  Botanical name as published

  Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth

  Parts reported

  whole plant

  Where recorded

  Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 48

  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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