plant name

Ukufo

Ukufo is a name for Curcuma longa, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Curcuma longa

  Name as published

  Ukufo

  Language

  unspecified language

  Botanical name as published

  Curcuma longa L.

  Parts reported

  rhizome

  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 187

  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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