Igbo plant name

Yanka-dafi

Yanka-dafi is a Igbo name for Triumfetta rhomboidea, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Triumfetta rhomboidea

  Name as published

  Yanka-dafi

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Triumfetta rhomboidea (Jacaq.)

  Parts reported

  leaf and flower fruit

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 4

  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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