ikw and Igbo plant name
Ukpa
Ukpa is a ikw and Igbo name for Plukenetia conophora, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The record
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- Name as published
- Ukpa
- Language
- ikw
- Botanical name as published
- Tetracarpidium conophorum (Mull. Arg.) Hutch & dalz.
- Parts reported
- leaves and seeds
- 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 76
- 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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- Name as published
- Ukpa
- Language
- Igbo
- Botanical name as published
- Tetracarpidium conophorum
- Parts reported
- bark, leaves, seeds and fruit
- Where recorded
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 40
- 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.