plant name

Ugu-ele

Ugu-ele is a name for Gloriosa superba, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Gloriosa superba

  Name as published

  Ugu-ele

  Language

  unspecified language

  Botanical name as published

  Gloriosa superba L.

  Parts reported

  tuber and leaves

  Where recorded

  all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethno medicinal survey of plants used by the indigenes of Rivers State of Nigeria — Table 1, row 105

  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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