Igbo plant name

Yerepe Werepe

Yerepe Werepe is a Igbo name for Mucuna sloanei, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Mucuna sloanei

  Name as published

  yerepe werepe

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Mucuna sloanei

  Parts reported

  seeds and roots

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 71

  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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