Igbo plant name

Ugu

Ugu is a Igbo name for Telfairia occidentalis, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Telfairia occidentalis

  Name as published

  Ugu

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Telfaria occidentalis Hook. F.

  Parts reported

  flowers, leaves and leaf

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 33

  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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