Hausa plant name

Zugu

Zugu is a Hausa name for Jatropha curcas, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Jatropha curcas

  Name as published

  Zugu

  Language

  Hausa

  Botanical name as published

  Jatropha curcas L.

  Parts reported

  leaves, twigs, root, stem bark, flower, leaf, seed, stem, roots and sap

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 38

  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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