z n plant names and uses compiled by Kay Williamson (†) from collections and identifications by Kay Williamson, A.O. Timitimi, R.A. Freemann, Clarkson Yengizifa, E.E. Efere, Joyce Lowe, B.L. Nyananyo, and others RESTRUCTURED AND CONVERTED TO UNICODE, IMAGES ADDED BY ROGER BLENCH, JANUARY 2012 1 PREFACE The present document is one of a series of electronic files left by the late Kay Williamson, being edited into a more useable format. The original was taken from a Macintosh file in a pre-Unicode format, mixing a variety of fonts. I have tried to convert it into a consistent format by checking transcriptions against other documents. I originally hoped, as with many other docuemtns, it would be helpful to travel back to the Delta area to get confirmation and extend the database. However, security conditions in the Delta make this unlikely in the immediate future. As a consequence, the elicitation part of the document is likely to remain static. However, I am working on linking the material with the scientific literature, and inserting in photos of relevant species, as well as commenting on the vernacular names. Roger Blench Kay Williamson Educational Foundation 8, Guest Road Cambridge CB1 2AL United Kingdom Voice/ Ans 0044-(0)1223-560687 Mobile worldwide (00-44)-(0)7847-495590 E-mail rogerblench@yahoo.co.uk http://www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm 1 z n plant names and uses First draft July 1993 The names are arranged alphabetically under their scientific names, by family (in capitals/uppercase), genus, and species, followed by the English name if one exists and is known. Most of them are based on identifications made by Joyce Lowe, Department of Botany, University of Ibadan, from collections made by Kay Williamson,who also recorded the z n names. These collections, which I believe are preserved in the University of Ibadan herbarium, are as follows: 1. O series (O1-O31): Collected 10 September 1969, between Yenagoa and Kaiama, both (as of June 1993) in Yenagoa LGA, Rivers State. Some were picked from a canoe as we took ‘short cuts’ (channels open only in the rainy season), others beside a bush path. 2. 1 series (1-52): Collected in the Yenagoa area, 18.1.70-29.1.70. 3. A series (A1-27): Collected by Mr A.O. Timitimi at Kaiama, 14.3.70-8.4.70. 4. KW series (KW 1-58): Collected at Kaiama, (as of June 1993) in Yenagoa LGA, Rivers State, 5.8.72. 5. OP series (100-199); Collected at Oporoma in Southern j , mostly on a cleared forest area, seasonally flooded; an old rice farm; 150-173 and 198-199 not personally. For some only the Kolokuma name was collected, identified by Mr Abner Womu of Odi, for some only the Oporoma name, and for some both. 6. 200 series (201-463): Collected 25.10.73-23.12.73 in the Kolokuma area, Rivers State, and largely identified by Mr Ikisa Ziukiegha of Kaiama. 1. F series (1-72): Plant names and medicinal uses collected by Mr R.A. Freemann around Choba and identified by Dr B.L. Nyananyo and associates at the University of Port Harcourt. I have entered these under the corresponding scientific name where it had previously been identified by Dr Lowe, provided that at least the genus agreed with the Uniport identification; where it is quite different I have made a separate entry with the Uniport identification enclosed in [square brackets]. 2. KWJa99 +JOA and KWFe99 +JOA: Two short series collected at Kaiama in January and February 1999 respectively and identified by Mr J.O. Ariawodo. KD indicates a use noted in the Kolokuma dictionary (Williamson and Timitimi 1983). AOT indicates a name from Timitimi’s (197 ) list of trees. AOTH indicates a name from Timitimi’s (197 ) list of herbs. AOTF indicates a name from A.O. Timitimi’s list of food plants compiled in response to my questionnaire. E indicates a name from O.A. Egberipou’s list of herbs (MS). RF indicates a name from R.A. Freemann, personal communication. ‘(Specimen)’ indicates that he identified it with one of the specimens of seeds, etc., collected by N. Faraclas some years ago, which have not yet been botanically identified. In other cases, it has been identified with the corresponding Kolokuma name and does not represent an independent botanical identification. WL indicates a name from my unpublished Comparative Wordlist of j . A full list of plant names from this source is attached as an Appendix. AK indicates a name and use from my notes on an interview with Mr Adam Koru of Gbanraun, Apoi, on forest products, in May 1993 (NARESCON project). These have been equated by z n name with those identified from other dialects. Where the same plant has been identified repeatedly, the references have been combined; I have also combined them where the z n name has obviously similar variants. A reference in parentheses means that that particular identification was tentative. A double semicolon between references means that the last name given belongs to the last reference, but this convention has not been applied consistently. Where the z n names are clearly different, but have been explicitly identified by speakers as equivalent terms, they have been placed together separated by =. Where no such identification was made, two separate entries have been made. Two entries have also been made where the same z n name has been equated with more than one scientific name. There are several possibilities for multiple identifications; two terms are in fact equivalent but have not been so identified; or the plant was mislabelled by z n speakers; or the plant was misidentified by botanists; or the z n name applies to more than one species or genus. Rather than make arbitrary choices, we have listed all the options until the inconsistencies can be cleared 1 up. Obviously, an identification supported by three or four references is more reliable than one made only once. Each family is presented in a separate table labelled by the family name. For each species, the first line gives the family (SMALL CAPS), genus and species (italics) and authority, followed by the English name where available and the reference(s) to the collection(s) from which the identification was made. Below the first line, the first column gives the names of the dialect(s) from which a name is available, the second the name(s), the third the uses, and the fourth the source(s) from which the information in that line is taken. Scientific names have been updated to those used in The useful plants of West Tropical Africa, second edition by H.M. Burkill, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1985-1999). Corrections entered from letter of Joyce Lowe 07.01.1995 Nembe names from B.L. Nyananyo 2 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Acanthus montanus (Nees) T.Anders. False thistle z n English gloss Uses Source Language Kolokuma d l imémein leopard’s claws Ekeu k n wei imemein leopard’s claws EE [F36] Ikebiri/ k n wei imimii leopard’s claws 1 Leaves used to catch witch Olodiama 2 Root used to cure boil or swelling Nembe k r -nama-imeme leopard’s claws BN 202; O1; 32; 461= 462; KW35 ACANTHACEAE ACANTHACEAE Language Kolokuma Asystasia gangetica (Linn.) T.Anders. z n k r obiri-owéi beriba- gbá, beriba gbágha ACANTHACEAE English gloss Oporoma b láberi Ikebiri/Olodiama b labéri z n z n k n -b t Ikebiri/Olodiama t n k b Kolokuma imbeberéke, umbeberéke (gen.name) órú b b r Ikebiri/Olodiama d w Uses Source RF 248; 4A Uses 1 Leaves treat male impotence 2 Leaves cure chest pain 1 Charm for catching fish Pityrogramma calomelanos (Linn.) Link z n Oporoma English gloss elephant’s ears English gloss standing on one leg Language 410 423 312; OP163 Elytraria marginata Vahl [doubtful: Lowe 19.11.93]) Language Kolokuma Source 1 Medicine for foot 1 Children use seed-pods as earrings 2 Stomach medicine Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv. b laberí ADIANTACEAE Uses plantain creeper Language Kolokuma ACANTHACEAE 367, (410,423) English gloss wanwanba Source 4A (but E. lyrata J.Ariawodo) F54 232; OP158 Uses Sourc e 1 Bath with unopened fern for 3 days to RF protect from spirits of dead [not in Burkill] 3 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft ALLIACEAE [not in Burkill] Allium cepa Linn. Language Kolokuma Varieties: z n yabás p r yabás z n yábás Akárá yábás áyou áyou áyou Oporoma Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama Onion [AOTF 50] English gloss Uses Source AOTF 50 1 Food king onion z n onion Ghana onion 1 Food 2 Used as eyedrops and to treat earache WL EE RF See Appendix for more dialects. Alternanthera sessilis (Linn.) R.Br. ex Roth. A4 AMARANTHACEAE Language Kolokuma z n t n dirí Ikebiri/Olodiama kp kirí pal AMARANTHACEAE English gloss calling-out medicine Amaranthus spinosus Linn. Language z n AMARANTHACEAE Spinach English gloss ‘female i.’ Kolokuma inina n, eré íníná n Oporoma Osiama Uses 1 Draws out spike from body 2 Cures hernia 1 Antidote to poison or charm núne Amaranthus viridis1 Linn. Language Kolokuma RF [F1: A. nodiflora] KW5, 235; 8A; [F6] Uses Source 1 Food 2 Repeated miscarriage 8A 1 Nervous pains 2 Antidote to crossing charm F6; F70 Spinach z n Source A4 40 English gloss Use Sourc s e agbalála Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama agbalalá RF Osiama agbalalá RF AMARANTHACEAE Amaranthus viridis Linn. Kolokuma inina n 1 Oporoma níníya Ikebiri/Olodiama niniyá n ? Spinach OP180 RF [I doubt this id; cf. Cleome rutidosperma.] 4 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft AMARANTHACEAE Cyathula prostrata (Linn.) Blume Language z n Kolokuma obórík r ghá Ekpetiama obori-k r gha English gloss ‘does not catch goat’ Ikebiri/Olodiama oborik r Nembe KW15; 38;226; OP123 Uses 1 Medicinal 1 Chewed with alligator pepper as antidote to charm 2 Leaves ground and applied to wound Kolokuma KD Pupalia lappaceae (Linn.) Juss. determined by J Ariawodo RF Simon obori-bolou T? or t r -gbal ye AMARYLLIDACEAE AMARYLLIDACEAE Source OP145 Crinum ?purpurascens Herb. (Better material pl.) olíélíé-gbamútulé/olíólíó-gbamú-tulá Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama gba tínghíní =bird!!=Giant kingfisher RF AMARYLLIDACEAE Crinum jagus (Thomps.) Dandy 463 Crinum jagus (Thomps.) Dandy bou yabás ‘bush onion’ KWJa991 +JOA bou yabás T? ‘bush onion’ DO Nembe kiríkubu ayou ‘groundbreast-onion’ Simon AMARYLLIDACEAE Scadoxus sp. 441; 16A Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama AMARYLLIDACEAE Kolokuma Ekpetiama Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Formerly Haemanthus sp. bou yabás ‘bush onion’ 1 Purgative 5 16A z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama bou ódu AMARYLLIDACEAE Scadoxus sp. 441; 16A Kolokuma otóró, owéí ótóró ‘male o.’ AOTH 32 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ANACARDIACEAE ANACARDIACEAE Mango [AOT] Oporoma Mangifera indica Linn. beké ogboin ‘European mango’ ogbóín Ekeu béke ogboin EE Ikebiri/Olodiama béké ogboin WL ékenogboin BN Kolokuma Nembe ANACARDIACEAE Kolokuma Spondias mombin Linn. igina n, igineín, iginéin owéí ígíná n ‘male i.’ eré ígíná n ‘female i.’ KD WL See Appendix for more dialects. Hog-plum 233; 275; KW17; 44; OP117 AOTF Oporoma Ekeu iginagha Ikebiri/Olodiama/Oiy iginagh akiri iginaá EE 1 To fence farmland RF 2 Tender leaves squeezed & drunk for malaria 3 Eaten with alligator pepper as antidote JA Gbaraun/Apoi ag naá Mein agineghá MD [AOT] KW45; OP162 Kolokuma Cleistopholis patens (Benth.) Engl. & Diels paá Ikibiri paá CY Oporoma párá Ikebiri/Olodiama paghá ANNONACEAE ANNONACEAE 1 Bark used to bail water from canoe 2 For raft to float timber 6 RF z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri paghá Oporoma RF párá Ekeu Gbaraun ANNONACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma paá Dennettia tripetala Bak. f. ulumaá JA ‘Pepper-fruit’ 1 Fruit eaten AOTF, KD Ikebiri/Olodiama ANNONACEAE Kolokuma Friesodielsia gracilis (Hook.f.) van Steenis p l ghá díí ‘rope that 1 Wood used in gin is not cut’ as medicine (Forbidden to cut it) 403, [KD] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama p l gh dighi ‘rope that is not cut’ Blood-red slash; said RF to crow like cock; said to be python; some forbid cutting it ANNONACEAE Kolokuma Ikibiri Hexalobus crispiflorus A. Rich. tawá n tawa n Ikebiri tawá n RF Ekeu tawa n EE Gbaraun/Apoi tawa n 1 Timber 4 2 Fruit edible JA/LW ANNONACEAE African Nutmeg [KD] Kolokuma Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal arigó Oporoma árígó Ikebiri/Olodiama arigogó 1 Spice 2 Beat together with other spices and used to treat broken leg or dislocation RF Ikebiri arigogó Gbaraun/Apoi kokólo Tungbo arigógo Nembe okogoló LW’s list 1 Fruit eaten KD CY RF 1 Seeds are spice 2 Bark clears stomach JA/LW BN, ND, UPWTA 7 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Xylopia aethiopica ANNONACEAE (Dunal) A.Rich. Kolokuma ng Ikebiri/Olodiama ng Ikebiri Tungbo (341) 1 Spice 1 Spice RF 2 Medicine for cough and sore throat 3 Strengthening tonic 4 Used with other herbs to treat dislocation/ broken bones 5 Used in pepper soup for newlydelivered woman ng -t n ang Ekeu ng Gbaraun/Apoi ng -toro Nembe ng ANNONACEAE Ethiopian Pepper EE 1 Seeds are spice, sold in market 2 For medicine JA BN Xylopia staudtii Engl. & Diels Kolokuma Ikebiri Ekeu ufou ifou 1 For house-building RF EE Gbaraun/Apoi ifóu 1 Timber 4 2 Seeds help pregnancy JA/NW APOCYNACEAE APOCYNACEAE Alstonia boonei De Wild. Kolokuma Ekpetiama Ikibiri Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kígbó kígbó T? kúgbó Oiakiri Gbaraun/Apoi kugbo kugbo Mein Nembe endoundou kigboin sp? T? kugbo 314; 332; OP103; Alstonia congensis Engl. (probably); LW’s list =boonei DO CY 1 Carve canoe 2 Timber RF 1 Timber, sold to AK Lagos/Sapele 1 Timber 2 JA/LW Simon 8 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Alstonia boonei De APOCYNACEAE Wild. Kolokuma indóu-indou Ikibiri Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oiakiri Gbaraun/Apoi Mein endoundou APOCYNACEAE Kolokuma Ikibiri Ikebiri/Olodiama Gbaraun/Apoi APOCYNACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama APOCYNACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama APOCYNACEAE Kolokuma KWJa994 +JOA Funtumia africana False rubber tree (Benth.) Stapf LW’s list indóu-taa lhhhh ‘breast-wife’ kpas -kara-t n ‘ladle-carving-tree’ kpas -kara-t n 1 Carve ‘ladle-carving-tree’ utensils CY RF kitchen JA/LW Funtumia elastica Rubber (Tree) (or Manihot glaziovii?) r ba (t n) r ba t n 1 Seeds used children’s play [AOT 93] in (specimen) KW52 Hedranthera barteri (Hook. f.) Pichon ékenrénne (sp?) Hedranthera barteri 409 (Hook.f.) Pichon mb l m 1 Belly medicine, 409 white flowers Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama APOCYNACEAE Hedranthera barteri This is the id. used OP144, KWJa992 +JOA (Hook. f.) Pichon by Burkill. 9 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma okotiták ‘goat’s 1. Medicine for testicles’ cough 2. Fruit given to teething children to play with and as a dummy Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama APOCYNACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama APOCYNACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama APOCYNACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Rauvolfia ?mannii OP132 Stapf indóndó, indóúndóú AOT 39 kp s kp s 1 Carve ladles, RF kpas kara t n native plates =indou-indou (because sap resembles breastmilk) Rauvolfia ?mannii Stapf owéríkóróm KW34 Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel. b r nf r n [KD] b ranf r ARACEAE ARACEAE Amorphophallus sp. Kolokuma otóró, eré ótóró KD 1 Love-charm RF 27A ‘female o.’ 1 Cooked corm is tonic for pregnancy 27A Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ARACEAE Kolokuma Anchomanes difformis (Bl.) Engl. bou beké-odu Oporoma bou ódu Ikebiri/Olodiama bou ódu 14A ‘bush European cocoyam’ ‘bush cocoyam’ ‘bush cocoyam’ 10 1 Corm used for sacrifice to dead 14A 1 Clean, grate flesh of corm, apply externally to pain RF z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Anchomanes difformis ARACEAE (Bl.) Engl. Kolokuma owéi-otoro KWJa996 +JOA contrasted bou yabásì=Crinum Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ARACEAE Cercestis afzelii Schott Kolokuma adég ná [KD rev.] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama adégina Apoi adég na ARACEAE Colocasia esculenta (Linn.) Schott z n ódú Kolokuma Oporoma z n ódú Ikebiri/Olodiama Oiakiri z odu z n odu ARACEAE Kolokuma Cyrtosperma senegalense (Schott) Engl. bou aká Oporoma okúo [Burkill] Ikebiri/Olodiama bou ágbodo Mein ekúe ARACEAE Kolokuma Pistia stratiotes Linn. ekéréku, ekérégu 1 Bush rope to RF weave fishing materials 1 Bush rope used for AK weaving Old Cocoyam ‘ z n cocoyam’ ‘ z n cocoyam’ ‘ z n cocoyam’ ‘ z n cocoyam’ 1 Food (Has annual festival) AOTF 25 WL 1 Food 2 Leaf used to stop spirits of dead from disturbing one See Appendix for more dialects. Swamp Arum RF F37 398; 49; OP121 ‘bush maize’ RF ‘bush maize’ STOP Water Lettuce 253; BN’s list Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oiakiri itebetébe RF r d WL Mein ar r MD Nembe ábogoíta BN See Appendix for more dialects. ARACEAE 333 Rhektophyllum mirabile N.E.Br. 11 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma bou odú Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama bou ódu [but cf. Anchomanes difformis] Different types ARACEAE Nephthytis afzelii Schott bou odú UPWTA says Sierra Leone-Ghana Nembe ikereman 1 Roots used to weave mats & screens ND Simon ARACEAE Xanthosoma mafaffa Schott beké odu z n béké ódú ‘ z n European o.’ Isélémá ódú ‘Warri o.’ kp k ebieré tómútéíghá owéí ódú ‘male o.’ ekúé etití benipaghá igbon odu New Cocoyam [AOTF 25] 1 Food AOTF 25; KD 1 Food RF BN Kolokuma RF KWJa997 +JOA Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe beké odu ikere urú ARISTOLOCHIACEAE ARISTOLOCHIACEAE Aristolochia spp. Kolokuma agbobu dirí Dutchman’s pipe AOTF 28 ‘chest medicine’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama agbebu díri ‘chest medicine’ 1 Leaves beaten with oil etc. for RF chest/heart problem and pregnant women BALSAMINACEAE BALSAMINACEAE Impatiens irvingii Hook.f. ex Oliv. Kolokuma owéí lál ‘male i.’ Oporoma b Ikebiri/Olodiam a b gh l 224; OP153 l 1 Cook, drink or bath with the water for malaria 12 RF z n plant names and uses: circulation draft BASELLACEAE Basella alba Linn. Indian Spinach BASELLACEAE Kolokuma ( )gb r g BIGNONIACEAE BIGNONIACEAE Kolokuma Ekpetiama Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe BIGNONIACEAE Kolokuma O12; 9A Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. ogírízi, ugírízi, ogúrízi, ugúrízi ogírízi T? 1 Boundary tree obirizí 2 Medicine against fainting 1 Boundary 2 Live support for medicine pot Oporoma KD 9A DO lá-t g (sp? T?) RF Simon Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. eré ogirizi KWJa998 +JOA; contrast owéi o. Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama BIGNONIACEAE Kolokuma Ekpetiama Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Seemann ex Bureau ogírízi, ugírízi, ogúrízi, ugúrízi owéi-ogirizi seed-pod?: asanghá ogirizi tone? Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe BIGNONIACEAE Kolokuma obirizí seed-pod: bou ógidi ‘bush matchet’ íginínga OP147 1 Boundary tree AOT 61 (9A); KWJa99 +JOA DO 2 Medicine against fainting 1 Supports medicine pot 2 Boundary RF BN Newbouldia laevis Seem. owéi-ogirizi seed-pod: asanghá KWJa99 +JOA; contrast eré o. Ekpetiama Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe 13 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft BIGNONIACEAE Spathodea campanulata P. Beauv. Kolokuma Tulip tree 1 Toy canoe by children k l pàmá seed-pod: gbap np n-kàla-ar BIXACEAE BIXACEAE Kolokuma Bixa orellana Linn. ofóguma red seeds which are used to cure crawcraw (scabies) [AOT 69] KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama BOMBACACEAE BOMBACACEAE Bombax buonopozense P. Beauv. Kolokuma saghá Red-Flowered Silk-cotton Tree [AOT 46] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama as sagh Mein 1 Young leaves for soup 2 Bark applied to head of babies to close fontanelle as saghá BOMBACACEAE Ceiba pentandra (Linn.) Gaertn. Kolokuma saghá Ikibiri MD Silk-cotton Tree 353, LW’s list KD s sa CY s sa EE Oporoma Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama as sagh Gbaraun/Apoi Mein as saghá as saghá Nembe ókirínga t n ‘cotton tree’, s kaká BORAGINACEAE BORAGINACEAE Kolokuma 1 Young leaves for soup 2 Bark applied to head of babies to close fontanelle 1 Timber 3 MD BN Heliotropium indicum Linn. amá d g má 368 Heliotropium indicum Linn. 349 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama BORAGINACEAE RF 14 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma bou d g ma ‘bush duck’ Oporoma 1 Medicinal herb KD Ikebiri/Olodiama BORAGINACEAE Kolokuma Heliotropium indicum Linn. umbú (korom ) diri 1 Juice from leaves ‘medicine that makes heals navel navel(-cord) come down’ ?[cf. Bryophyllum pinnatum ] 21 This is a general term, includes n vadá , oborik r , and others RF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama = umbukorom diri ‘medicine that makes navel(-cord) come down’ =n vadá BROMELIACEAE BROMELIACEAE Ananas comosus Merr. Kolokuma pa náp l guegue pa náp l ‘brown’ adukúu pa nap l ‘dark’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe beké k k r ‘European screwpine’ l m Photo 1. Pineapple, Ananas comosus BURSERACEAE 15 Pineapple [AOTF 57]; BN’s list 1 Food RF BN z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Dacryodes edulis (G.Don) H.J. Lam BURSERACEAE Kolokuma obé (t n) Ikibiri obé-t n African Pear (Tree) 1 Fruit eaten CY Oporoma Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama Gbaraun/Apoi obé-t n EE b n (t n) 1 Fruit eaten (Name from Cross R., not indigenous) 1 Edible fruit (pear) obé-t n Photo 2. African pear, Dacryodes edulis CAPPARACEAE CAPPARACEAE Cleome rutidosperma DC. Kolokuma agbalála Oporoma agbalalá = kalá aw g na ‘small children’s pepper’ agbalalá = kala w g na ‘small children’s pepper’ Ikebiri/Olodiama CAPPARACEAE Kolokuma Formerly Cleome ciliata Schum. & Thonn. 1 Herb used as ear medicine 241; OP187 1 Used for earache 2 Antidote as ring against charm in drink RF KD; KWJa9914 +JOA KW7 Cleome rutidosperma Schum. & Thonn. d f na Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 16 RF JA/LW z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Photo 3. Spider plant, Cleome rutidosperma CARICACEAE CARICACEAE Kolokuma Carica papaya Linn. Pawpaw beké undu ‘European 1 Food broad-leaved pumpkin’ Varieties: dángá n béke undu ‘long’ ikísá béké úndú ‘short’ owéí béké úndú ‘male’ [AOT 90] Ikebiri/Olodiama d m d RF STOP Nembe indu (alagba) Oporoma CECROPIACEAE CECROPIACEAE pawpaw 1 Eaten 2 Keep in water as fish-home BN Corkwood Kolokuma Musanga cecropioides R. Br. afánfán Ikibiri agbáwei CY Oporoma agbáwei OP105 Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama gb wei Gbaraun/Apoi akpowéi, akpowói akpowei Mein akpoweí Nembe KW13; 301 b EE 1 Cure for heart pain for pregnant woman F49 MD nya BN 17 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Photo 4. Umbrella tree, Musanga cecropioides CECROPIACEAE Kolokuma Myrianthus serratus (Trécul.) Benth. & Hook.f. ofófo Oporoma of f 453; 452; O16; 358; OP135 Ikebiri/Olodiama Photo 5. Myrianthus serratus CHRYSOBALANACEAE CHRYSOBALANA Parinari excelsa Sabine CEAE Kolokuma akíi Ikibiri akíi Guinea plum LW’s list or Cynometra vogelii CY Oporoma Ekeu akí EE Ikebiri/Olodiama akí RF Gbaraun/Apoi JA/LW akí 18 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Photo 6. Guinea plum, Parinari excelsa 19 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft COMBRETACEAE Combretum COMBRETACEAE Christmas rose racemosum P.Beauv. Kolokuma gbál , owéí gbál OP126; 300; 19 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama gbal COMBRETACEAE Terminalia catappa Linn. Kolokuma ámb lári/ mb lár t n ‘umbrella tree’ Varieties: owéí mb lár t n eré mb lár t n RF Indian Almond 1 Fruit eaten [AOT]; AOTF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama baf ye 1 Fruit eaten (specimen) COMBRETACEAE Terminalia ivorensis A. Chev. díí Black Afara 336 1 Timber used for canoe carving and planks KD Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama yeghére RF Gbaraun/Apoi yéghere JA COMBRETACEAE Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels Afara, White Afara 299 (no name) Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama owei-balá RF Gbaraun/Apoi oweí-bala JA COMMELINACEAE COMMELINACEAE Aneilema sp. Kolokuma diinií (cf.381) 396 no use 396=AOT 396=v. small mauve flowers, yellow stamens Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama COMMELINACEAE Kolokuma Aneilema umbrosum (Vahl) Kunth diinaá 381 1 Used for timekeeping 20 KD z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama COMMELINACEAE 316 Commelina congesta C.B.Cl. (in absence of flowers) kp r b kp b 1 Medicinal KD Ikebiri/Olodiama kp s kp s RF COMMELINACEAE Commelina diffusa Burm.f. subsp. diffusa owéí kp r b kp b ‘male i.’ 373 Kolokuma Oporoma Kolokuma 1 Medicinal KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kp s kp s RF COMMELINACEAE Commelina sp. 261 Kolokuma dirima kp r b kp b Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kp s kp s RF COMMELINACEAE Commelina sp. 41;O7 Kolokuma kp r b kp b Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama COMPOSITAE COMPOSITAE Kolokuma kp s kp s RF ?Conyza sumatrensis former Erigeron (H.B.&K.) Sch.Bip. floribundus (not =350,393) b b mb l m 382 id. AOT bbm l m RF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 21 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ageratum conyzoides Goat weed COMPOSITAE Linn. Kolokuma f r túó ‘smelling herb’ Oporoma obóríf ghá ‘goat doesn’t eat’ Ikebiri/Olodiama oboribatuko ‘herb 1 Flowers/whole that kills goat’ plant used as antidote to charm or poison 2 Cures goitre and tumour 3 For divination Nembe f r ítuka ‘smelling herb’ Aspilia africana COMPOSITAE (Pers .) C.D.Adams Kolokuma y nk r , owéí 1 Medicinal y nk r ‘male i.’ = odede tuo Oporoma 340; 372a; 372b; 28; OP185; BN’s list F25 BN 25B; 26; 225; 256; 294;295; 27 KD Ikebiri/Olodiama y nk r COMPOSITAE Chromolaena formerly Eupatorium 387; 388; 412 odorata (Linn.) King odoratum & Robinson f r túá/sei tuá Kolokuma RF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama COMPOSITAE Kolokuma Eclipta alba (Linn.) Hassk. obírímá, p óbírímá 1 Used for ink ‘waterside o.’ 35 Emilia coccinea (Sims) G. Don k l mat r d d , kaláma t r d d 204; 255; 395; 24;; KW22 KD KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama COMPOSITAE Kolokuma 1 Medicinal Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama l m - g g [F5: E. praetemissa] 22 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Melanthera scandens COMPOSITAE (Schum. & Thonn.) Roberty 1 Medicinal Kolokuma y nk r ‘breathcatcher’; eré y nk r ‘female i.’ = odedé tuo ‘flowerherb’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama y nk r COMPOSITAE Spilanthes filicaulis (Schum. & Thonn.) C.D.Adams 1 Cure for toothache kírí g ná, kírí sani 2 Cure for uterus both ‘ground pepper’, kírí b d ‘ground new foliage’ Kolokuma 258; 25A;; 39; O15 KD 229; 320; KW11; 37;; (11A) 11A Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama COMPOSITAE-VERNONIEAE COMPOSITAESparganophorus sparganophora VERNONIEAE (Linn.) C.Jeffrey Kolokuma formerly Struchium sparganophora (Same tribe as bitterleaf) 249 kírí-k r m -n - -k r Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama COMPOSITAEVERNONIEAE Kolokuma Sparganophorus sparganophora (Linn.) O.Ktze. bou kiriólogbo ‘bush 1 Medicinal herb bitterleaf’ KW55; 43 KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kiri órigbo COMPOSITAEVERNONIEAE Vernonia amygdalina Del. and V. colorata Drake. kíríólogbo órígbo Kolokuma Oporoma RF Bitterleaf KD 1 Food 1 Food KD WL 23 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama orígbo F34; F71 1 Food 2 Cure for romantic pain 3 Antidote for charm or poison 4 Leaves cure malaria See Appendix for more dialects. CONVOLVULACEAE CONVOLVULACEAE Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. Kolokuma eméin f tua ‘herb eaten by manatees’ Oporoma 346 Ikebiri/Olodiama CONVOLVULACEAE Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. Kolokuma tana túó ‘creeping herb’ Oporoma t r b n OP183 Ikebiri/Olodiama CONVOLVULACEAE Ipomoea batatas Sweet Potato (Linn.) Lam. Kolokuma kúkúúndukú (beke búru mistake?) Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kpokpó-unduku Nembe kukú-induku BN CONVOLVULACEAE Merremia umbellata (Linn.) Hallier f. (probably) Kolokuma Oporoma (366?) OP190 epírík r Ikebiri/Olodiama COSTACEAE COSTACEAE Kolokuma Costus afer KerGawl. (Smooth leafsheath.) eré ógbódó ‘female o.’ Ginger Lily Oporoma 24 8 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama ogbodóu Mein okpúdòú COSTACEAE Costus lucanusianus J.Braun & K.Schum. (Bristly rim below top of leaf-sheath) ogbódó, owéí ógbódó Kolokuma 1 Protection against evil spirits 2 To make witches confess 3 For hiccups dic Costus spp. Ginger Lily KW23; 214; O8; OP120; 442; 7 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama CRASSULACEAE CRASSULACEAE Kolokuma ogbodóu 345 Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken umbú (korom ) diri ‘medicine for the navel-cord (to fall off)’ KWFe9910 +JOA Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama n vadá Nembe n bada (Ogoni ferefe) CUCURBITACEAE CUCURBITACEAE Kolokuma Cucumeropsis mannii Naud. gúsí, agúsí Varieties: t t r ogíri (Not indigenous there.) RF BN Egusi; ‘Melon’ AOTF 46 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ogiri RF CUCURBITACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Cucurbita pepo Linn. Pumpkin undú 1 Food [AOTF 59] Ikebiri/Olodiama undu RF CUCURBITACEAE Luffa cylindrica (Linn.) M.J. Roem. l l pán 201 Kolokuma 1 Fruit used for sponges 25 KD z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama bou pághan CUCURBITACEAE Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. agbá (t n) Varieties: paán teere agbá gbalá utulú ipií gbálá Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe RF Calabash (tree) [AOT 124]; BN’s list AOTF 20 WL gbala WL egbelá BN See Appendix for more dialects. KW54; OP192; 12A Oporoma Momordica cissoides Planch. ex Bak. béínm ‘fill (to brim’ 1 Cure for malaria 2 Cure for child’s sickness during mother’s next pregnancy 3 Develops foetus béínm Ikebiri/Olodiama beinm ‘fill (to brim’ RF CUCURBITACEAE Telfairea Fluted pumpkin occidentalis Hook. f. omboorom -ombo RF CUCURBITACEAE Kolokuma Ikebiri/Olodiama CTENOLOPHONACEAE CTENOLOPHONA Ctenolophon englerianus CEAE Mildbr. 12A LW’s list 26 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma y w t n ‘paddletree’ Ekpetiama y w t n ‘paddletree’ Oporoma KWFe9916 +JOA DO Ikebiri/Olodiama Gbaraun/Apoi Nembe CYPERACEAE CYPERACEAE z w n-t n ‘paddletree’ okpo [tone?] 1 Timber 3, 4 2 Carve paddles JA/LW Simon [RF] Cyperus articulatus Linn. Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama akp nkp n CYPERACEAE Cyperus distans Linn.f. ang , owéí áng 260b; 384 Cyperus sphacelatus Rottb. ang 378b Fuirena umbellata Rottb. OP152 Kolokuma (Name also given to garden-egg!) (specimen) Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama CYPERACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama CYPERACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma gb ád n Ikebiri/Olodiama CYPERACEAE Kolokuma 378a; KW26; (383) Kyllinga erecta Schum. ang , eré áng ‘female a.’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama CYPERACEAE Mariscus alternifolius Vahl (probably) Formerly M. umbellatus Vahl 27 260a z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma órú áng Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama CYPERACEAE Kolokuma Mariscus alternifolius Vahl. owéí áng ‘male a.’ Formerly M. umbellatus Vahl 12A Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Rhynchospora corymbosa (Linn.) Britton bou d n ‘bush knife’ OP124 Ikebiri/Olodiama ayaman - g y n ‘A’s knife’ RF CYPERACEAE Scleria depressa (C.B.Cl.) Nelmes bou d n ‘bush knife’ 417 Ikebiri/Olodiama ayaman - g y n RF CYPERACEAE Scleria racemosa Poir. (Scleria verrucosa looks similar, but has a tuberculate nutlet, whereas S.racemosa has a smooth one with a ring round the top) bou d n 20 Ikebiri/Olodiama ayaman - g y n RF CYPERACEAE Scleria sp. 328 Kolokuma bou d n CYPERACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Kolokuma Oporoma Kolokuma Oporoma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ayaman - g y n CYPERACEAE Scleria sp. 317 28 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma gbanra n d n Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama CYPERACEAE Kolokuma Scleria verrucosa Willd. bou d n O22 ayaman - g y n RF Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott umboberéke, imemeréke p r imémèreke OP109 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama DAVALLIACEAE DAVALLIACEAE Kolokuma O17 1 Ground and rubbed 415 on for owóin Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama wanwáanba Oiakiri m m r DIOSCOREACEAE DIOSCOREACEAE Dioscorea 1 Protection against spirits of dead 2 Purification n F40 RF BN’s list Kolokuma Nembe urú BN 29 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Dioscorea alata DIOSCOREACEAE Linn. Kolokuma y r burú ‘female yam’ Varieties: m n m k r gha obóku (fat, white) akpúke (yellow) obéke támák r ofófo k l b b sán olóló y r owei akás s kpa t b nd k owunk r gha; ak r k á Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama y r buru efuru (hairy var.) DIOSCOREACEAE Dioscorea bulbifera Linn. t m Kolokuma Wateryam [KD] 1 Food AOTF 70; KD RF Aerial yam Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe DIOSCOREACEAE Kolokuma t mgb g n uru ‘up-yam’ Dioscorea cayenensis Lam., rotundata Poir ? owéí burú ‘male yam’ Varieties: okómu agaá t b r búrú ízóóru órozá mb l k t k ikpeígara 1 Food (minor) BN 1 Food AOTF 73 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama owei buru RF DIOSCOREACEAE Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax Three-Leafed Yam akubúru (Not planted.) Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 30 RF z n plant names and uses: circulation draft DIOSCOREACEAE Kolokuma Dioscorea minutiflora Engl. ogbóródii Oporoma ogbóródigi Ikebiri/Olodiama ogbóródighi Oiakiri ogboródii DIOSCOREACEAE Dioscorea sp. OP136; (265); 344; 5 1 Leaves and roots used to stimulate penis 2 Purification F28; RF RF Kolokuma Nembe EBENACEAE Diospyros preussii Gürke Gbaraun/Apoi kagi uru BN LW’s list olómba EUPHORBIACEAE EUPHORBIACEAE indet. Kolokuma dísin Oporoma dísi Ikebiri/Olodiama disí JA/LW/LW OP134 1 Used for canoe carving RF KW46 ? Kolokuma KD ak ráta 1 Used for chewingstick KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Alchornea cordifolia Christmas Bush (Schum.&Thonn.) Müll.Arg. pá n, z n pá n (shrub) g r (fruit) 213; O3; KW48; OP108; 45; BN’s list Ekeu pa n EE Ikebiri/Olodiama pa n Gbaraun/Apoi ipa n JA/LW Nembe epié/epiyé BN’s list EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma 1 Birds trapped on red fruits 31 RF z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Anthostema EUPHORBIACEAE aubryanum Baill. Kolokuma Ikebiri/Olodiama lukpó Gbaraun/Apoi lugbo EUPHORBIACEAE Antidesma vogelianum Müll.Arg. ng l ng l Varieties: owéí ng l ng l ‘male i.’ eré ng l ng l ‘female i.’ Kolokuma LW’s list’s list 1 Timber 2 JA/LW/LW 18A 1 Fruits eaten 2 Root stimulates penis 3 Crushed stem used as light 4 Stem used as spike and handle for ladle 18A; AOTF Not clear if uses refer to Antidesma vogelianum or Microdesmis puberula Hook.f. ex Planch or Carpolobia lutea, but seem more appropriate to Carpolobia lutea Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ng l g l RF EUPHORBIACEAE Bridelia ?grandis Pierre & Hutch. gbárágbára O5 Ikebiri/Olodiama gbaragbára RF EUPHORBIACEAE Bridelia stenocarpa Müll.Arg. gbárágbára 220; 268; 279; OP112; 21A 21A Kolokuma Oporoma Kolokuma 1 Canoe-seats 2 Firewood 3 Roots cure hernia 4 Bark heals circumcision wounds Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Euphorbia hirta Linn. obírímá, bou obíríma 1 For dye ‘bush o.’ KW28 Discoglypremna caloneura (Pax) Prain LW’s list’s list KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama EUPHORBIACEAE 32 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma Gbaraun/Apoi EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Ikibiri m Euphorbia hirta Linn. opúrú-ángá ‘shrimpeggs’ opúrú-ángá ‘shrimpeggs’ 319 opúró-ángá ‘shrimpeggs’ opuru- ng ‘shrimpeggs’ opuru- ng ‘shrimpeggs’ EE CY Oporoma Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama Gbaraun/Apoi EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Euphorbia hirta Linn. indóú béní dírí ‘breast-milk medicine’ RF JA/LW A1 1 Dye for tattooing body Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama EUPHORBIACEAE Nembe EUPHORBIACEAE Hevea brasiliensis (Willd.) Müll.-Arg. r ba (< E.) Kolokuma Klaineanthus gaboniae Pierre ex Prain ekpélá Oporoma okpólóta Gbaraun/Apoi bou-gh -faa-gh ‘never not in bush’ Rubber BN OP107, LW’s list 1 For building KD; ?? confused with Spondianthus preusii? [Burkill] 1 Firewood JA/LW/LW Ikebiri/Olodiama EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Macaranga spp. (heudelotii) gbáragbarà Ikibiri gbáragbara Ekeu gbáragbara Ikebiri/Olodiama gbar gba Gbaraun/Apoi igbar gba EUPHORBIACEAE Macaranga ?schweinfurthii Pax LW’s list Also id. as Bridelia micrantha KW20 33 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma f f Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama EUPHORBIACEAE KW38; 46; OP167; 218 Kolokuma Mallotus oppositifolius (Geisel.) Müll.Arg. f r pá n Oporoma f r pá n Ikebiri/Olodiama f r pa n EUPHORBIACEAE Oporoma Manihot esculenta Crantz abáburú Varieties: z n ábábúrú ‘true/ z n a.’ Kalabá ababuru ‘Calabar a.’ Bíyóú ábábúrú ‘Isoko a.’ Akárá ábábúrú ‘Ghana a.’ mb táka Ikebiri/Olodiama mb taghá RF Nembe ébia úru BN’s list Kolokuma RF Cassava [KD]; 7A; BN’s list 1 Food 2 Stops bleeding 3 Relieves pain 7A [var.];; AOTF 22 WL See Appendix for more dialects. EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn. ofóní-b Ikebiri/Olodiama owei amakubu yanyanghe EUPHORBIACEAE Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn. AOT specimen ‘fowl’s foot’ ‘male i.’ J. Ariawodo 25.3.99 Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Phyllanthus ?niruroides Müll. Arg. ivín son 339 ivein is n RF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 34 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Phyllanthus 13A odontadenius Müll. Arg. eré ófóníb ‘female 1 Drives away spirits 13A fowl’s leg’ of dead (Also owéí) Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ofinib w ‘fowl’s leg’ RF EUPHORBIACEAE LW’s list’s list Kolokuma Spondianthus preussi Engl. ekpélá 1 For building Ikibiri ekpéléta Oporoma okpólóta Ekeu okpólota ?confusion with Klaineanthus gaboniae EE Ikebiri/Olodiama okpolotá RF Gbaraun/Apoi okpolotá EUPHORBIACEAE Kolokuma Uapaca guineensis Müll. Arg. (probably) ileé Oporoma elé Ikebiri/Olodiama ilé Apoi ile EUPHORBIACEAE LW’s list, BN’s list Kolokuma Uapaca heudelotii Baill. ileé Ikibiri ileé CY Oporoma elé Ekeu ilé EE Ikebiri/Olodiama Iz -ìle ‘ z n ile’ RF Gbaraun/Apoi Iz -ìle ‘ z n ile’ Nembe ilé BN EUPHORBIACEAE Uapaca staudtii Pax LW’s list 1 Timber 4 2 Boiled young leaves make poison ?confusion with Klaineanthus gaboniae CY JA/LW/LW OP159 KD RF 1 For canoes 2 Fruit eaten 1 Timber 3, 4 2 Carve canoe 3 Edible fruit 35 AK JA/LW z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma Ikebiri/Olodiama okuruba-ile Gbaraun/Apoi okuruba-ile RF 1 Timber 3, 4 2 Carve canoe 3 Edible fruit FLACOURTIACEAE Scottellia mimfiensis Gilg Kolokuma JA/LW LW’s list Ikebiri w n RF Gbaraun/Apoi iw n JA/LW Bambusa vulgaris Indian Bamboo Schrad. igbon k ra ‘Northern reed’ KD beké ipiri beke-osi RF MD GRAMINEAE GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Mein GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Ekpetiama Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe 254 abáb l ba-m l ye ‘tongue of Gymnarchus’ RF Coix lachryma-jobi Job’s Tears 34; BN’s list Linn. aká- la Seeds used as beads by children obori- la necklace’ la ‘goat’s RF BN Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase (in abs. of fls.) kas kas kás kas 1. Medicine for sport pa n 36 O11; OP181; KW58 KWFe993 +JOA DO RF Simon z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Eleusine indica GRAMINEAE (Linn.) Gaertn. Kolokuma beris nléí ‘ear- 1 Used to clean ear poker’, angóló Oporoma angóló Ikebiri/Olodiama angolo GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oryza sativa Linn. Rice r s, atamgbalá anga ‘ants’ eggs’ Varieties: beké r s ‘Euro’ z n r s bukuru búkúrú r s (dark rice) r s r s, atamgbalá ng ‘ants’ eggs’ r si See Appendix more dialects. Panicum Jacq. p r usí Panicum Linn. nóúntólú pierce’ maximum Guinea grass 379; KW1; OP184 KD 29; [F8: Paspalum ranegatnas] AOTF 60 WL WL; RF BN for 262; 30; (KW33) 369 repens ‘needle- Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma 375; OP195 Paspalum conjugatum Berg. d w bérís nléí ‘deadman’s b.’ d ángóló angolo [F8: P. ranegatnas] O18 Paspalum scrobiculatum Linn. b m n úkpú 37 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. osií, usií, z n úsí epírí, ipírí ipírí Elephant Grass Saccharum officinarum Linn. ukpuú, ukpuún Varieties: z n ukpuún beké ukpun wa n ukpún itóbóú úkpún b m n úkpún okpú ukpú ng Sugarcane 246; O20; OP122;;31 WL WL [AOT 128]; F62 KD; AOTF 64 WL WL BN (See Appendix for more dialects.) GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama GRAMINEAE KW29; 22 Setaria megaphylla (Steud.) Dur. & Schinz akáráká KD[S. megaphylla] Setaria megaphylla (Steud.) Dur. & Schinz ukálákáá O24 Kamerun grass Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf (in abs. of fls.) mb b l (plant) k rá (dried reed) m ng l kará O26; OP182; 23A Vossia cuspidata Water River Grass (Roxb.) Griff [JOA] Kolokuma 38 23A RF z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikibiri adó-épírí Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oiakiri Zea mays Linn. aká Varieties: z n áká (plain) ak r k á (colored) agbódo agbodo agbodo Nembe mbiakpa GRAMINEAE Kolokuma GUTTIFERAE GUTTIFERAE CY specimen Maize 1 Food [F43] AOTF 44 WL WL 1 Charm for one’s F43 spirit to travel BN See Appendix for more dialects. Bitter Kola (Tree) KD Kolokuma Garcinia kola Heckel akaán (t n) Ikibiri akaán CY Ekeu akan EE Ikebiri/Olodiama kán RF Gbaraun/Apoi kán Nembe ka n Oporoma GUTTIFERAE 1 For chewing and with drink 2 Timber 4 AK, JA/LW BN Garcinia smeathmannii (Planch. & Triana) Oliv. LW’s list Gbaraun/Apoi iy r -biakaki ‘female biakaki’ JA/LW GUTTIFERAE Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir. bou pulóú ‘bush oil’ 297; KW18; OP106 bou-pilo RF oúpulo BN Kolokuma Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe GUTTIFERAE Mammea africana Sab. Formerly Ochrocarpus africanus Oliv. 39 LW’s list z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma b l ,b l Ikibiri b l 1 For canoes KD, AOT 63 CY Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama b l RF Gbaraun/Apoi b l GUTTIFERAE Pentadesma butyracea Sab. LW’s list Ikebiri/Olodiama obobi RF Gbaraun/Apoi obobi GUTTIFERAE Kolokuma Symphonia globulifera Linn.f. k l l , k l l , Ikibiri owéí k l l ak l l 1 Timber 3,4 2 Carve canoe JA/LW Kolokuma 1 Timber 4 2 Fruit laxative JA/LW 243, OP139; 427 LW’s list 1 Sap used for gum CY Oporoma kl l Ikebiri/Olodiama kl l RF Ekeu kl l EE Gbaraun/Apoi kl l GUTTIFERAE 1 Timber 4 JA/LW OP127 [cf. Olax sp.?] Symphonia globulifera Linn.f. (cf.OP 139) id?? Kolokuma y w t n ‘paddle tree’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Apoi y w kara t n z w in t n ‘paddle tree’ HYDROPHYLLACEAE Hydrolea palustris (Aubl.) Räusch. Kolokuma ofóróróbenibóu Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RF 1 For canoes and paddles AK 456 455 1 Medicinal fiyofiyóbinibou ‘drinks water thru hollow stem’ KD RF HUMIRIACEAE 40 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Sacoglottis gabonensis HUMIRACEAE (Baill.) Urb. Kolokuma tálá Ikibiri Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama Gbaraun/Apoi tálá tala tala tala Mein talá LW’s list 1 Fruits used as chewing gum 2 Trunk is the best for canoe carving 3 Building houses, carving sacred staffs and symbols 4 Bark used to flavour palmwine, cure malaria and stimulate penis 5 Heartwood to carve axe handle 1 Timber 3 2 Edible fruit 3 Bark flavours palm-wine 1 Bark used to flavour palmwine IXONANTHEACEAE Desbordesia N.B. I strongly glaucescens (Engl.) suspect that the next Van Tiegh. (prob) id. is the correct one. Kolokuma bou ogbóín ‘bush mango’ Oporoma ogbóín Ikebiri/Olodiama Irvingia gabonensis (Aubrey-Lecomte ex O’Rorke) Baill. Kolokuma Ikibiri Oporoma Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama Apoi Nembe OP137 ogboín RF Bush Mango [AOT], LW’s list; BN’s list bou ogbóín= z n 1 Seeds used for ógbóín ‘bush mango’ soup and sold (tree) commercially gb n , kp kpa (fruit) Varieties: kp kpa za ogbóín ‘thin-shelled o.’ kp kpa d ba ogbóín ‘thick-shelled o.’ ogboín KD; AOTF 19 ogbóín kpúkpa (seeds) ogboin WL bou ógboin kp kpa (seeds) ogboín bou ógbein, ogboin kp kpa (seeds) ogboín WL CY EE 1 Seeds used for food and sold commercially 1 Edible seeds (ogbono) akpákpakpa-ogboin RF AK JA/LW BN 41 24A, 402 JA/LW Mein dic. z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Irvingia smithii Hook. f. Kolokuma See Appendix for more dialects. Kola [AOT] bákálazá (t n), abákalazá (OAE) [AOT 80] 1 Spice Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LW’s list Klainedoxa gabonensis Pierre Kolokuma ak Ikibiri ak CY Ekeu ak EE Ikebiri/Olodiama ak RF Gbaraun/Apoi ak 1 Timber 4 2 Carve canoe LABIATAE LABIATAE Kolokuma JA/LW KW8 amás tua Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LABIATAE 380; OP194 Kolokuma Basilicum polystachion (Linn.) Moench b ráf r Oporoma b ránf r Ikebiri/Olodiama b ranf r =f r tuko RF LABIATAE Basilicum polystachion (Linn.) Moench d w f r káná ‘dead man’s f.’ 391 Hyptis lanceolata Poir. amás diri ‘medicine 1 Used to cure for the whole town’ headache kámbólóú punuma 209a; 209b; 257; 315; OP154 KD b ranf r F47 Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LABIATAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oiakiri 1 Love charm 42 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft LABIATAE 231; KW14; 36; OP156 Kolokuma Oporoma Ocimum gratissimum tea-bush; scent-leaf; Linn. African Currypowder f r káná 1 Spice káránf r Ikebiri/Olodiama karán F64 Nembe karan LABIATAE Ocimum gratissimum scent-leaf; African Linn. Curry-powder imbelem (sp? tone?) Kolokuma 1 Spice 2 Leaves cure convulsions BN KWJa992 +JOA Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe Plectranthus madagascariensis o ori- l k This sp. not in Burkill. BN 277; O25; 23; KW12; OP191 Kolokuma Oporoma Solenostemon monostachyus (P.Beauv.) Briq. k b t r ayáw bírí bím Ikebiri/Olodiama biri b gh l LABIATAE Nembe LABIATAE 1 Medicinal herb KD [F11] 43 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft LAURACEAE Beilschmiedia sp. LW’s list Kolokuma Ikebiri boloi RF Gbaraun/Apoi boloi JA/LW LEEACEAE Leea guineensis G.Don Kolokuma Oporoma 269b; KW41; O13; OP168 ikólo ofóko lá (flower) Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Afzelia bipindensis LEGUMINOSAECAESALPINIOIDAE Harms (probably) Kolokuma igbéngi Oporoma OP138a igbengí Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAECAESALPINIOIDAE Kolokuma Erythrophleum ivorense A Chev. r n Ikibiri r n CY Ikebiri/Olodiama r RF Gbaraun/Apoi ir Egbema ir LEGUMINOSAECAESALPINIOIDAE Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan Sasswood tree 1 Carve canoe 2 Timber 3 LW’s list JA/LW Tiemo 1968 Formerly Erythrophleum guineense Sasswood tree BN’s list Kolokuma Nembe r BN LEGUMINOSAECAESALPINIOIDAE Kolokuma Oxystigma mannii (Baill.) Harms LW’s list Ikebiri/Olodiama ítof ya RF Gbaraun/Apoi ítof ya Timber 2 44 JA/LW z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Senna alata LEGUMINOSAECAESALPINIOIDAE Linn.Roxb. [formerly Cassia] Kolokuma f n dírí ‘ringworm Leaves to treat medicine’ ringworm Ikebiri/Olodiama irin nimu 1 Leaves used as purgative 2 Leaves used as malaria cure 242; 9 KD RF Oiakiri irin nimi Nembe ekiri iri BN LEGUMINOSAECAESALPINIOIDAE Kolokuma Senna occidentalis (Linn.) Link wóníí(-kpótú)-dírí 1 Drives away ‘medicine that drives snakes away snakes’ 2 Cure for malaria 3 Medicine for fishtrap 250; 385; 22A Cynometra vogelii Hook.f. akií akí OP141 F31 22A Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAECAESALPINIOIDAE Kolokuma Oporoma 1 For firewood KD 1 For firewood MD Ikebiri/Olodiama Mein aki LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Acacia kamerunensis Sensitive Plant LEGUMINOSAE(Linn.) Willd. MIMOSOIDEAE Kolokuma gbánágbána 365 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama akm m b r nanagh LEGUMINOSAEMIMOSOIDEAE Cathormion altissimum (Hook.f.) Hutch. & Dandy yányán KD Ikebiri/Olodiama yanyanghan RF LEGUMINOSAEMIMOSOIDEAE Parkia bicolor A.Chev. (in absence of fls.) yányán KW16; 222; OP119 Kolokuma 1 For brain tonic F63 [id. as Mimosa pudica] Oporoma Kolokuma 45 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama yanyanghan 1 Cures charm in the body F70 LEGUMINOSAEMIMOSOIDEAE Kolokuma [Pentaclethra sp.] Oil bean plant [F30] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kpaká Oiakiri kpaká RF 1 Charm to send bees F30 to sting enemy LW’s list Kolokuma Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.f.) Brenan asanghá Ekeu sángá EE Ikebiri/Olodiama sanghá RF Gbaraun/Apoi Nembe sangha (or isaan?) sangá LEGUMINOSAEMIMOSOIDEAE LEGUMINOSAEMIMOSOIDEAE Kolokuma d sa n 1 Timber 3 Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.) Taub. 1 Fruit as spice 2 Fruit as pomade JA/LW BN [KD] KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Apoi apa pa apa pa 1 Spice 1 Spice and sold commercially Cf with preceding! RF AK Kolokuma Oporoma apá pá , apá pá 1 Spice AOTF (Same tribe as groundnut) 13 Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE LEGUMINOSAEDesmodium adscendens (Sw.) PAPILIONIOIDEAE DC. var. adscendens Kolokuma apapátùo ‘groundnut herb’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Nembe kiri ápapa ‘ground groundnut’ Desmodium sp. RF o ori oloye BN 46 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Abrus precatorius LEGUMINOSAELinn. PAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Groundnut BN’s list Oporoma Arachis hypogaea Linn. apapá Varieties: z n ápápá Akárá ápápá apapá Ikebiri/Olodiama apapa WL Nembe apapá BN LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Baphia nitida Lodd. ab d , b d 1 Food WL See Appendix for more dialects. Camwood KW42;;O4; 278; 437 1 Leaves cure chest pain 2 Wood used to carve pestles, ladles, sacred symbols 26A 1 Roots used as general tonic 2 Leaves used ritually for case and victory over enemies camwood F21 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama mb t (the wood) Kolokuma iséle Mein eséle LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Calopogonium mucuncides Desv. Kolokuma d w yá ‘dead man’s yam-bean’ dic 1 Fruits used to feed fowls at Agric. stations 422 Cf. Psophocarpus palustris 422 = d w ág á 422 Ikebiri/Olodiama d w za RF LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. 411 Oporoma 47 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma k n ánga Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma [F68] Centrosema pubescens Benth. Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kalá tara za LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Oporoma Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC. apapá tuo ‘groundnut grass’ kp Ikebiri/Olodiama kiri ápapa RF LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Desmodium ramosissimum G.Don g diri 433 Kolokuma Kolokuma 1 To test secret F68 OP193 KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama g diri RF 389 check JL Erythrina sp. sísìrísì small tree with greyish bark, used for matchet wounds KD id AOT LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Erythrina senegalensis DC. ugúrízi OP146 Nembe ogbodo i BN LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Erythrina sp. 389 bou-dogú re-check id. see JL Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama l Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 48 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Machaerium lunatum Formerly LEGUMINOSAE(Linn.f.) Ducke Drepanocarpus PAPILIONIOIDEAE lunatum (Linn.f.) Kolokuma BN’s list Nembe angóloi BN LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Millettia aboensis (Hook.f.) Bak. ofóní-t b -gh b nghá, ofoni-pinib ngha 447;; 4 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Millettia thonningii (Hook.f.) Bak. ofóní-p n -b nghá [AOT 55] Millettia griffoniana UPWTA says purple (Baill.) Dunn (?) flowers (UPTWA Baill.) p r igbéngi ‘king i.’ Cooked & used for stomach pains 397 id. AOT white flowers rainy season Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma KD, AOT Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma 273; KW37 Mucuna flagellipes T.Vogel ex Hook.f. (provided fls were white or yellowish) mgb béínyé Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Nembe Mucuna pruriens LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Vigna unguiculata (Linn.) Walp. ag á Varieties: p ná ag a ‘white beans’ guegue ag a ‘red beans’ zá Oporoma Cow itch m [ m dictionary] BN Beans; cowpea AOTF 12 WL 49 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama zá LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Harms yá Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama WL See Appendix for more dialects. Yam-bean 1 Food za LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma AOTF 74 RF 394 Psophocarpus palustris Desv. d w yá ‘dead man’s yam-bean’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama d w za (Not edible.) (specimen) LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Pterocarpus santalinoides L’Her. ex DC. igbéngi Oporoma igbengí Cf. Afzelia bipidensis ??Pterocarpus santalinoides L’Hér. ex DC. (note JL 15.6.73). But this is also given = igbengi; that is prob. correct as it agrees with Kol. OP198 455 = 454; KW6; OP138 1 Fruit edible, esp. by children 2 Root chewed for sweetness Cf. Afzelia bipidensis Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEPAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma Oporoma námá kúmú Ikebiri/Olodiama LEGUMINOSAEVigna unguiculata (Linn.) Walp. PAPILIONIOIDEAE Kolokuma mgb Varieties: z n mgb ekúleí mgb k Oporoma Cowpea [This is ag a!!] Re-identify!! AOTF 26; BN’s list Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe g n BN 50 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft MALVACEAE MALVACEAE Gossypium spp. Kolokuma urúrúfá t n Cotton Plant [AOT 94] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MALVACEAE Kolokuma Hibiscus cannabinus Indian hemp Linn. igbó [AOT 125] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MALVACEAE Abelmoschus esculentus (Linn.) Moench Okro Kolokuma 1 Food Oporoma k r , k n t Varieties: dánghá n k r (long-fruited) bírí d ba k r ikísá k r (short or round fruited) k rá bá (annual? biennial?) ekiápú Ikebiri/Olodiama k yab 1 Food 2 Used in charm to send snake to one’s enemy See Appendix for more dialects. MALVACEAE Hibiscus esculentus Linn. (? variety) k rá bá 326; 47 Ikebiri/Olodiama k ra ba RF MALVACEAE Hibiscus rostellatus Guill. & Perr. k m pál túá 308 Kolokuma AOTF 49 WL F Oporoma Kolokuma 1 Medicinal, used in bathing Oporoma 51 KD z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama LOGANIACEAE Anthocleista djalonensis Jacq. Kolokuma [AOT 60] 1 Wood used for drums and utensils KD Cabbage Tree [AOT 52] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LOGANIACEAE Kolokuma Anthocleista vogelii Planch. osúo Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama KW47; OP102, LW’s list Anthocleista sp. Kolokuma osúo Ikibiri osuó CY Ekeu osuówei ‘rain-man’? EE Ikebiri/Olodiama RF Gbaraun/Apoi osuwó-owei ‘rainman’? osúowei ‘rain-man’? Mein odokúku$ Oporoma Anthocleista nobilis G.Don. Kolokuma 1 Root is laxative 2 Fruit aids in childbirth JA/LW dic [AOT 40] epé Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MARANTACEAE MARANTACEAE Kolokuma 52 Halopegia azurea (K.Schum.) K.Schum. owéí ábélébéí Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 52 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Marantochloa leucantha (K.Schum.) MilneRedh. z n ábélébéí 221b O14; KW36; OP100 J. Ariawodo (M. leucantha) Ekpetiama Marantochloa leucantha (K.Schum.) MilneRedh. (white fls.) or M. purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. (purple fls.) abélébéí (leaves) owéí úté (stem) d l - lá (red berries ‘leopard’s neclace’) uteberi T? Ikibiri ebélébéí fún (leaves) CY Ikebiri/Olodiama Medicinal -balaba d w akpalákpa Medicinal ekuwekuwebaberi T? or ikpaikputukpoluye kpa n-kpotu-kpoluye ( w ye) RF MARANTACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MARANTACEAE Kolokuma Osiama/Oiakiri Nembe 1 Leaves used to wrap food 2 Stem used to weave mats KD DO RF Simon MARANTACEAE Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. z n ábélébéí 221a MARANTACEAE Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. póú ábélébéí ‘witch’s 1 Leaves used to a.’ = agbara d w i cover corpse [var. with red underside to leaves] 310; 15 Ikebiri/Olodiama akpobúabalaba RF Oiakiri d w akpalakpa ‘deadman’s a.’ Kolokuma KD; E46 Oporoma 1 Protects against spirits of dead 2 Leaves ritually used to lock case 53 F27 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft MARANTACEAE Kolokuma Marantochloa sp. (probably) kp r k t yá 252 Sarcophrynium brachystachys (Benth.) K.Schum. eré ábélébéí ‘female a.’ (leaves) d l lá ‘leopard’s necklace’ (red berries) 318 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MARANTACEAE Kolokuma 1 Berries eaten AOTF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MARANTACEAE Kolokuma Sarcophrynium brachystachys (Benth.) K.Schum. uté, eré úté ‘female u.’ (stem) 461; 460 1 Stem used for weaving 2 Fruits eaten KD; AOTF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MARANTACEAE Sarcophrynium prionogonium (K.Schum.)K.Schum. (in absence of flowers) eré ábélébéí 51 MARANTACEAE Sarcophrynium sp. OP125 Kolokuma abélébéí Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 54 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Trachyphrynium MARANTACEAE braunianum (K.Schum.) Bak. Kolokuma akparakat á , kpárák tia (plant) bou ivín ‘bush palmkernel’ (fruit) Oporoma O27; 25A 1 Fruits cure cough 2 Develops foetus 3 For yam-stakes 25A; KD; E48 Ikebiri/Olodiama MELASTOMATACEAE MELASTOMATACE Dissotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana AE Kolokuma ofumúk r ghá 208 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MELASTOMATACE AE Kolokuma 42 Dissotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana opúrú g g ‘shrimp roe’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma opuró ng ‘shrimp eggs’ opuro ng ‘shrimp 1 Fruits eaten eggs’ Melastromastrum theifolium (G Don) A & R Fernandes g g Ikebiri/Olodiama obori abaghan RF Oiakiri obori abaghan RF Nembe opuru-anga Simon MELASTOMATACE Dissotis tubulosa Apoi MELASTOMATACE AE AE Kolokuma Dissotis theifolia det. J Ariawodo Formerly Osbeckia tubulosa Nembe MELASTOMATACE AE AK BN Memecylon memecyloides (Benth.) Exell bárák r 284 (sp.); KD 1 Used for hoe handles KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MELASTOMATACE AE 357; 48 Tristemma hirtum P.Beauv. 55 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma bou g g ‘bush roe’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Tristemma hirtum P.Beauv okoti imgbé ‘hegoat’s testicles’ KW56 Ikebiri/Olodiama nama diri RF MELASTOMATACE AE Tristemma hirtum P.Beauv. MELASTOMATACE AE Kolokuma Oporoma Kolokuma UPWTA 4:87 gives 216; KW39 this as bou g g or okoti mgb b wei diri, ab wei Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MELIACEAE MELIACEAE Kolokuma Mahogany? ? k KW49 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama k RF Mein k Dic MELIACEAE Kolokuma Carapa procera DC. f lhh Oporoma f Ikebiri/Olodiama f Gbaraun/Apoi Nembe f f MELIACEAE Carapa procera DC. Kolokuma angóngó, angógó, angó Monkey kola 1 For rafters and purlins AOT 2 For yam stakes MI LW’s list AOT 116 OP171 1 Axe-handles (very strong, near swamp) 1 Timber 3,4 RF JA/LW BN’s list id. Cola sp. OP130 1 Used for guns 2 Used for carving 3 Used for chewing sticks AOT 110; KD; AOT 102 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Mein agógó Mein dic. MELIACEAE Carapa procera DC. Monkey Kola [AOT 89] 56 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma b g dabóú ‘monkey kola’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama b g dábiye RF OP114 MELIACEAE ? Kolokuma g ág a Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MELIACEAE Khaya ivorensis A. Chev. Lagos Mahogany Red Mahogany Kolokuma alagbá t n, suboi t n ‘gun tree’ 1 Used for timber [AOT 85] (cf. Milicia excelsa ?); BN’s list Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe alagba kára t n RF igit n (mahogany) BN Lovoa trichilioides Harms formerly L. klainiana LW’s list African walnut Gbaraun/Apoi apopo Egbema apópo apopo 1 Timber tree sold to AK Lagos/Sapele Timber 1 JA/LW Tiemo 1968:32 MELIACEAE Kolokuma MENISPERMACEAE MENISPERMACEAE Rhigiocarya racemifera Miers Kolokuma eré ógbóródíí Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ogboródighi MORACEAE MORACEAE Kolokuma Artocarpus communis J.R. & G. Forst [seedless form] beke búru ‘European yam’ 404, [KD] RF Breadfruit [AOT] AOTF 17 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Apoi Mein beké buru ‘European yam’ béké buru ‘European yam’ beke-buru ‘European yam’ RF 1 Fruit eaten 57 AK z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Artocarpus communis MORACEAE J.R. & G. Forst Breadnut [seeded form] Kolokuma beké apapa ‘European groundnut’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama beké apapa ‘European groundnut’ MORACEAE Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C.Berg. Formerly Chlorophora excelsa k Kolokuma [AOT]; AOTF 18 RF Iroko [AOT]; BN’s list AOT Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama k RF Mein alagbakara MD Nembe iroko BN MORACEAE Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C.Berg (juvenile lvs.) 337 Kolokuma subei t n = alagbá tin Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama alagba kára t n MORACEAE Dorstenia sp. Kolokuma f RF bírídíé KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MORACEAE Ficus asperifolia Miq. Kolokuma f ák , f yá , f yá (eré) p b l d n Oporoma OP133; 348; O30; 458=457; 2; KW2 Ikebiri/Olodiama MORACEAE Kolokuma Ficus sur Forssk. bush Formerly Ficus capensis Thunb. fig póú búní, buní, ebi buní Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 58 263; KW21; 3; (298) z n plant names and uses: circulation draft MORACEAE Ficus exasperata Vahl Kolokuma póú búnú 338 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MORACEAE Kolokuma Ficus exasperata Vahl Sandpaper Tree k r ns [AOT] Ficus mucuso Welw. ex Ficalho póú búnú/búní 1 Ficus ?ovata Vahl Fig Tree [AOT] laá 347; (OP110); [F. vogelii: AOT 66] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MORACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MORACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama MORACEAE Bush Fig OP116; 296; LW’s list Kolokuma Ficus vogeliana (Miq.) Miq. buní, owéí búní Ikibiri munú CY Ekeu mulu ? EE Ikebiri/Olodiama bunú Gbaraun/Apoi bunú MORACEAE Kolokuma Treculia africana Decne. uyán Ikibiri oyín Oporoma JA/LW African Breadfruit, Monkey Rice, Native Beans KD, LW’s list Oporoma Ekeu iwún Ikebiri/Olodiama oyén Apoi oy n oyén RF 1 Cooked as food 1 Seeds edible (native rice/beans) 59 AK JA/LW z n plant names and uses: circulation draft MUSACEAE Musa paradisiaca var.sapientum Banana Linn. Kolokuma oyobá Varieties:agbáráb zii-eré-f -oyoba beké oyoba p r oyoba pomup l gha kírím kp k Oporoma oyónpó Ikebiri/Olodiama Musa paradisiaca Linn. Kolokuma [AOT 71]; AOTF AOTF 11 WL béké WL See Appendix for more dialects. Plantain [AOT 72]; BN’s list AOTF 57 Oporoma beribaá Varieties: áú g n s m z n béríbá ikpírí ma pe z k m beribaa tone? agalá f nr n yá abángha Ikebiri/Olodiama abanghá WL, RF Nembe ábangá BN WL See Appendix for more dialects. MYRISTICACEAE MYRISTICACEAE Coelocaryon preusii Warb. White akumi (LW’s list) LW’s list Kolokuma Ikebiri owei-ab ‘male abo’ RF Ekeu ab EE Gbaraun/Apoi owei-ab ‘male abo’ (inner part of bark red) 1 Timber 1 2 Carve canoe JA/LW MYRISTICACEAE Kolokuma Pycnanthus sp. Red akumi (LW) LW’s list Ikebiri y r -ab ‘female abo’ ab Ekeu 60 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Gbaraun/Apoi y r -ab ‘female abo’ (inner part of bark pale) 1 Timber 2 JA/LW Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Warb. Formerly Pycnanthus kombo ab O21; BN’s list as P. kombo [but also id. as Harungana madagascarensis] Ikebiri/Olodiama ab RF Apoi ab MYRISTICACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Nembe MYRISTICACEAE 1 Timber, sold to Lagos/Sapele oúpulo ‘bush oil’ AK BN Staudtia stitipata Warb. LW’s list ng -y w ‘bodypaddle’ ng -z w ‘bodypaddle’ ng -z w n ‘bodypaddle’ RF Kolokuma Ikebiri Ekeu Gbaraun/Apoi MYRTACEAE MYRTACEAE Kolokuma EE JA/LW Psidium guajava Guava g áva 1 Food Varieties: p ná g áva ‘white g.’ guegue g áva ‘red g.’ [AOT 97] AOTF 35; BN’s list Ikebiri/Olodiama g wáíva RF Nembe g áva BN MYRTACEAE Syzgium guineense (Willd.) DC. LW’s list Oporoma Kolokuma Gbaraun/Apoi OCHNACEAE OCHNACEAE Kolokuma Ikibiri epemu Lophira alata Banks ex Gaertn. kúrú kúrú 1 Timber 4 2 Carve canoe 3 Chewing-stick JA/LW OP118, LW’s list 1 For canoes 61 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kuru RF Ekeu kuru EE Apoi kuru Mein kurú Dictionary OCHNACEAE Ouratea calantha Gilg LW’s list 1 For canoes 2 Timber 4 AK, JA/LW Kolokuma Gbaraun/Apoi OLACACEAE OLACEAE Kolokuma k m -umgbou ‘person’s bone’ 1 Timber 4 JA/LW [KD, cf. Symphonia globulifera?] KD Olax sp. y w t n ‘paddle tree’ 1 For paddles Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama y w Apoi ONAGRACEAE ONAGRACEAE Kolokuma kara t n z w in t n ‘paddle tree’ RF 1 For canoes and paddles AK Ludwigia ?erecta (Linn.) Hara lál , eré lál 377 Ludwigia decurrens Walt. lál , eré lál 418 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ONAGRACEAE Kolokuma 1 Used by women as nail-varnish 418 yellow flower, 4 sepals, 4 petals Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ONAGRACEAE Ludwigia sp. Kolokuma lál (eré) 210 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ORCHIDACEAE 62 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Calyptrochilum christyanum (Rchb.f.)Summerh. Kolokuma t n pál 18 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama adégina 1 To weave fishfence RF O10 Diaphananthe bidens (Sw.) Schltr. Kolokuma ikori Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama PALMAE PALMAE Kolokuma Calamus deeratus Mann & Wendl. apíé [also general name for cane-rope; types bórú, kpá, apíé] “Cane-rope”, rattanpalm 1 Used for canerope/rattan 285 KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama apiye Apoi apiu [also general name for cane-rope: types bori, gba, apiu] Calamus deërratus Mann & Wendl. boyá (Almost certainly a misidentification; see Raphia vinifera) 1 Sold commercially 2 For baskets, traps, rope 1 Pith used for weaving stiff mats KD Coconut Palm 1 Food 2 Oil 3 Offering to divinities [AOT 75]; BN’s list AOTF 24 Oporoma Cocos nucifera Linn. okokod a Varieties: z n ókókód á Kalabá okokod a okokodía Ikebiri/Olodiama ikókód á WL Nembe éke-imbi ‘European palm-nut’ BN PALMAE Kolokuma RF 331 ?? Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama PALMAE Kolokuma WL See Appendix for more dialects. 63 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft PALMAE Ikibiri Elaeis guineensis Jacq. l (full-grown) ipelipéli (seedling) t b (young) asará (maturing); Varieties: beke l ‘European’ p r l ‘king’ oroón l (brown) otí l (thin-shelled) maa t b t a l ‘twoheaded p.’ l Oporoma l Kolokuma Oil Palm 355; 17A; LW’s list 1 Soft & hard oil 2 Potash 3 Native soap 4 Footmat 5 Purification 17A; AOTF 48 CY WL Ekeu EE Ikebiri/Olodiama l Gbaraun/Apoi l Nembe l l g -t n ‘p-tree’ 1 For palm oil WL; RF 2 Outer flesh chewed as food 1 Ground fresh for AK oil 2 Sold to oil-milling industry via Yenagoa/Port Harcourt 1 Palm-nuts JA/LW BN See Appendix for more dialects. Eremospatha ?hookeri (Mann & Wendl.) Wendl. ?inima ború, inimá boru (stunted type of boru: KD) 361 Ikebiri/Olodiama bórú RF PALMAE Eremospatha ?macrocarpa (Mann & Wendl.) Wendl. bórú 445 PALMAE Kolokuma KD Oporoma Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama bórú Apoi bori 1 Durable cane-rope KD RF 1 For frame of cane chair 2 Sold commercially 64 AK z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Laccosperma PALMAE secundiflorum (P.Beauv.) Wendl. (formerlyAncistroph yllum) Kolokuma kpá 439; OP143 1 For sponges 2 For atalei fishingnet Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama gba Apoi gba RF 1 For floaters 2 Sold commercially Nypa fruticans Wurmb. Nypa Palm Ikebiri/Olodiama Kalabá b ya (No use; not yet in Olodiama.) PALMAE Phoenix reclinata Jacq.Wild Date-Palm BN’s list Nembe ás ngás BN PALMAE Podococcus barteri Mann & Wendl. BN’s list Nembe ipirí ND, BN PALMAE Raphia vinifera P.Beauv. boyá (tree) boyá b m n (midrib/rachis) kp r (middle of cut rachis) boyá pini (pith) boyá umgbosu (fruit) aká n (thatch) oú PALMAE Kolokuma Oporoma (specimen) Kolokuma Kolokuma Kolokuma Ikibiri Bamboo Palm (6A); LW’s list 1 Midrib for poles 2 Pith for stiff mats 3 Prevents miscarriage 4 Fishing traps 6A; KD; AOTF 10 Oporoma Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama ou b ya RF 65 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Apoi biya (tree) ka n (thatches) pine (pith) umgbósu (fruit) b yá PALMAE Pycnanthus kombo 1 Used for ‘thatches’ AK (thatching mats), which are sold 2 Pith for mats 3 Bundles of pith sold 4 Fruit eaten 1 Midribs, leaves & leaflets timber 4 JA/LW See Appendix for more dialects. Wine Palm (362) 1 Palm wine 2 Gin (distilled) 3 Raphia/piassava 4 Fruit as food 5 Bamboo AOTF 72 Kolokuma Raphia hookeri Mann & Wendl. Wine Palm k r Variety: okporo k r umgbósu (fruit) Ikibiri k r CY Oporoma k r WL Ekeu k r EE Ikebiri/Olodiama k r WL Gbaraun/Apoi k r s (piassava) k r k t (prepared midrib of single blade) 1 Palm wine AK 2 Gin (distilled) 3 Raphia/ piassava for weaving mats, traps, rope, etc., and sold commercially 4 Fruit as fish poison 1 Palm-wine k r Nembe JA/LW BN imgbésu (fruit) See Appendix for more dialects. PANDACEAE PANDACEAE Kolokuma Microdesmis puberula Hook.f. ex Planch ng l ng l Formerly under EUPHORBIACEAE [KD]; cf. Carpolobia lutea, Antidesma vogelianum Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ng l g l RF PANDACEAE Panda oleosa Pierre Kolokuma ak [KD]; BN’s list ak =Poga?? KD 1 Wood used for canoes 66 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ak Oiakiri ak Apoi Nembe ak ak or iku?? PANDANACEAE Pandanus candelabrum P. Beauv. Kolokuma RF 1 Used in charm against poison or charm 1 For canoes F38 AK BN Screwpine [F60] 1 To cure leprosy F60 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama k k r PASSIFLORACEAE Adenia cissampeloides (Planch. ex Benth.) [F29] Kolokuma Oporoma 1 Leaves used for purification 2 Leaves used for antidote to minor poison or charm 1 Leaves used as antidote to charm or poison 2 Leaves used to be generally loved F29; RF Ikebiri/Olodiama obuú dii/dighi Oiakiri ububufuro Kolokuma gbang tar ghá KD Barteria fisttulosa Mast. gbang tàr ghá KD Smeathmannia pubescens Soland. ex R.Br. mb , owéí mb 1 For cleaning teeth OP113; 426 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama PASSIFLORACEAE Kolokuma PASSIFLORACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama mb 426 RF 67 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft PASSIFLORACEAE Kolokuma Smeathmannia pubescens Soland. ex R.Br. buruduí 1 Used for chewingsticks 290 KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama PIPERACEAE PIPERACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Piper guineense Schum. & Thonn. z zá Ikebiri/Olodiama az zá Tungbo z zá Apoi az za PIPERACEAE Piper umbellatum Linn. bébú Kolokuma West African Black Pepper 1 Spice 327; 424 1 Spice and sold commercially 2 For medicine AK 259; 10A 1 Cures malaria 2 Cures fits 3 Cures cough 4 Cures hernia 10A Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama POLYGALACEAE POLYGALACEAE bobu RF Carpolobia lutea G.Don 413; KW40; OP140 Kolokuma ng l ng l Oporoma angálángála Ikebiri/Olodiama ng l g l 1 Fruits eaten 2 Root stimulates penis 3 Crushed stem used as light 4 Stem used as spike and handle for ladle 1 Drink in gin for s an’nerves’ 413 orange berries RF PONTEDERIACEAE Eichornia crassipes Water-hyacinth (Mart.) Solms-Laub. 68 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma Ikibiri lák a CY PORTULACACEAE PORTULACACEAE Portulaca oleracea Linn. (Same family as Waterleaf) Kolokuma thick dark-green obórí m l ‘goat fat’ t b gbala túo 374; 10; 230; KW27; OP186; [F3]; BN’s list AOTH 25 leaves aare cooked and eaten to treat infertility of women Oporoma oké beri ‘rat’s ears’ Ikebiri/Olodiama oké beri ‘rat’s ears’ Oiakiri l m - g g (cf. Emilia sp.) éke eri ‘rat’s ears’ Nembe Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd. Kolokuma RF 1 Leaves ritually used to lock case 1 Helps pregnancy F23 F23 BN waterleaf 371 m l túó ‘fat herb’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RHIZOPHORACEAE RHIZOPHORACEA Anopyxis klaineana (Pierre) Engl. E Kolokuma Note: Burkill cites as z n k white mangrove (KO&S; KW) LW’s list 1 Timber 4 2 Best firewood JA/LW Gbaraun/Apoi beni-tobutobu ‘waterspout’? RHIZOPHORACEA Cassipourea barteri (Hook.f.) NE Br LW’s list Gbaraun/Apoi owei-b akak ‘male biakaki’ JA/LW RHIZOPHORACEA BN’s list (R. sp.) Kolokuma Oporoma Rhizophora racemosa Mangrove, Red G.F.W. Mey angálá (Not found in Kolokuma area) angálá Ikebiri/Olodiama angala WL Apoi angala Mein angála MD Nembe angala BN’s list E Kolokuma E 1 For firewood, used locally and sold out to Delta State people (See Appendix for more dialects) 69 WL AK z n plant names and uses: circulation draft RUBIACEAE RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Craterispermum cerianthum Hiern urukúmu [KD] Craterispermum caudatum Hutch. (probably) OP165 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma érí r gh Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE OP173 Cuviera nigrescens (Sc.Elliot ex Oliv.) Wernham Kolokuma Oporoma dábákógó égólé. Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Cuviera subuliflora Benth. (probably) dábá bírí ígólígó 428 1 For yam stakes KD Ikebiri/Olodiama gal ga (id?) RF RUBIACEAE Diodia scandens Sw. 19A Kolokuma tein tuó ‘itching grass’ 1 Activates foetus 2 Cures dysentery 3 Cures rheumatism 19A Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE Diodia scandens Sw. Kolokuma k nr nr n KD [also id. as Canthium sp.?] RUBIACEAE Diodia scandens Sw. KW43 Kolokuma okotiták Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oporoma 70 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Diodia scandens Sw. 205; OP161 b wei diri b r b d gh Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE [F22] Diodia serrulata Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oiakiri okéberi ‘rat’s ear’ [cf. Portulaca oleracea ] 1 Antidote and cure for poison, charm, stomach-ache F22 RUBIACEAE Hallea ledermannii (K Krause) Verdc. Abura (name also applied to H. stipulosa) baá formerly Mitragyna ledermannii (K.Krause) Ridsdale or Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr. 286; OP101; LW’s list Kolokuma Ikibiri KD=abura aá Oporoma Ekeu á Ikebiri/Olodiama baá Apoi baa Mein baá bá Egbema baá Burkill<Tiemo Nembe á BN’s list,NDic =Mitragyna stipulosa RUBIACEAE Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild. & Th.Dur.) Merrill Kolokuma Ikebiri/Olodiama kíri-owòso ‘ground owoso’ owosó kíri-owòso ‘ground owoso’ owoso Gbaraun/Apoi owoso Ikibiri RF 1 Timber, sold to Lagos/Sapele 1 Timber 1 formerly Sarcocephalus diderrichii (De Wild.) AK JA/LW MD LW’s list CY RF Timber 1 71 JA/LW z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Nembe owoso Burkill<LAKC, also BN formerly Sarcocephalus nervosus Hutch. & Dalz. RUBIACEAE Nauclea vanderguchii (De Wild.) Petit Kolokuma epé Ekpetiama epé T? KWJa99 +JOA but also cf. Anthocleista nobilis, Sarcocephalus pobeguinii, S. latifolius DO Ikibiri opé CY Ikebiri/Olodiama ope (2 kinds: owei ‘male’ has bitter bark, y r ‘female’ not lalaweí ‘swamp one’ (check) (bitter bark) Gbaraun/Apoi Nembe a a io-owoso T? ‘swamp owoso’ RUBIACEAE Oldenlandia ?herbacea (Linn.) Roxb. ofónib b Kolokuma RUBIACEAE Kolokuma owei=malaria cure LW’s list RF 1 Timber 1 JA/LW 2 Bark in kaikai helps against malaria KD Psychotria ?camptopus Verdc. ikólo 269a Hekistocarpa minutiflora Hook.f. kálákumú 276; KW50 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 72 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Massularia RUBIACEAE acuminata (G.Don) Bullock ex Hoyle (prob.) Kolokuma Oporoma OP172 okútu. Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE LW’s list Kolokuma Massularia acuminata (G.Don) Bullock awá Ikibiri aw id. as Rinorea breviracemosa CY Ekeu aw EE Ikebiri/Olodiama wa Gbaraun/Apoi wa RUBIACEAE Kolokuma RF 1 Chewing sticks JA/LW 311 Mussaenda isertiana DC. okotiták ‘goat’s testicles’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma g idu BN (id. Musa sp.) Pauridiantha hirtella (Benth.) Bremek. w nr nr n 1 Used for yam stakes awánranmawan KW51; 443; OP111 414 bright red berries [not id. JL] Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE [Lowe 19.11.93] Pentodon pentandrus (Schum. & Thonn.) Vatke kp r b kp b KW9; 228 Ikebiri/Olodiama kp s kp s RF RUBIACEAE Rothmannia lujae (De Wild.) Keay LW’s list Ikebiri/Olodiama omburum RF Gbaraun/Apoi umburum Kolokuma Oporoma Kolokuma 1 Firewood 2 Timber 4 73 JA/LW z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Rothmannia RUBIACEAE whitfieldii (Lindl.) Dandy Kolokuma obírímá 364 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Psychotria psychotrioides (DC.) Roberty dirima- w nr nr n [KD] Sarcocephalus pobeguinii Hua epé ? [KD] Sarcocephalus latifolius (JE Sm.) EA Bruce epé ? [KD revision] Tarenna soyauxii (Hiern) Bremek. (probably) OP170 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Cf. Anthocleista nobilis Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Cf. Anthocleista nobilis Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RUBIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma r ba gb sa Ikebiri/Olodiama RUTACEAE RUTACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RUTACEAE Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle g n, ng (t n) g g Citrus aurantium Linn. and C. sinensis (Linn.) Osbeck Lime (Tree) AOT 73 1 Cure for measles 2 Protection and antidote to charms See Appendix for more dialects. Orange (Tree) F45; F61 74 [AOT 74], BN’s list z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma álalá nda (t n) Oporoma alalá nda Ikebiri/Olodiama alalá nda Nembe álalánda RUTACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Citrus paradisi Macf. grep frút RUTACEAE Citrus reticulata Blanco tanzarín Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama RUTACEAE Kolokuma Ekpetiama Nembe SAMYDACEAE SAMYDACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma WL WL BN See Appendix for more dialects. Grapefruit [AOTF] Tangerine [AOTF 51] Zanthoxylum gilletii African Satinwood (De Wild.) Waterm. owéikorom nama-tan gha T? ‘animal doesn’t climb’ g -tand gha ‘monkey doesn’t climb’ Formerly Fagara macrophylla KWJa995 +JOA DO BN’s list, Simon Homalium ?africanum (Hook.f.) Benth. k m gbásá [KD] 1 For yam-stakes KD Ikebiri/Olodiama SAPINDACEAE SAPINDACEAE Kolokuma Paullinia pinnata Linn. f ná-f ná-baa-f náufou 15A 1 Heals sore or ulcer 15A; KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama SAPINDACEAE Kolokuma Ekpetiama Oporoma 244; O19; OP142; OP199; 419 KWJa991a11 +JOA Paullinia pinnata Linn. d f na, eré d f ná d f na T? DO egíní Ikebiri/Olodiama SAPOTACEAE 75 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Mimusops SAPOTACEAE andogensis Hiem ??? SAPOTACEAE Mimusops sp. Kolokuma kírí tála ‘ground t.’ But see Burkhill 2.410 for id. of tala as Sacoglottis gabonensis (Baill.) kw 03 January, 1996 24A [AOT] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama SAPOTACEAE 457 = 456 KD; OP 166 Oporoma Pachystela brevipes (Bak.) Baill. ex Engl. adáyá 1 For yam stakes 2 For carving canoes p l Ikebiri/Olodiama p l RF SAPOTACEAE Pachystela brevipes (Bak.) Baill. ex Engl. f nb r térí 1 For carving canoes 400 Kolokuma Kolokuma KD 400 Fruit in rainy season Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama SCROPHULARIACEAE SCROPHULARIACE Lindernia crustacea (Linn.) F.Muell. AE Kolokuma d d (gen. for ‘flower’) Oporoma KW31 Ikebiri/Olodiama SCROPHULARIACE AE [F57] Lindernia diffusa (Linn.) Wettst. Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama SCROPHULARIACE AE Kolokuma kp kirí pal Scoparia dulcis Linn. b b mb l m 1 Antidote to cross charm F57 350; 393; 407; 5A 1 Appetizer 2 Helps growth of foetus 3 Aids safe delivery Oporoma 76 5A z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama bb m l m Apoi bb m l m ?? ?? Kolokuma b b mb l m 1 Antidote for charm, poison, snake-bite, sting 2 Love-charm 1 Fruit eaten cultivated kind, mauve flowers SELAGINELLACEAE SELAGINELLACEAE Selaginella myosurus (Sw.) Alston Kolokuma obirib n m ‘makes dog sleep’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama AK 406 O23; 215; KW4; 16; OP104 obirib n m ‘makes dog sleep’ SEMATOPHYLLACEAE (DETAJH) Taxithelium rotundatulum (C.Müll.) Broth. Kolokuma bou táta n ‘bush flakes’ Oporoma F20 RF (moss) 302 Pepper (Red) [AOTF 53] Ikebiri/Olodiama SOLANACEAE SOLANACEAE Oporoma Capsicum annuum Linn. g ná ikpukpu g ná kp l k g ná ‘bulbul pepper’ yálo, y lo dángá n g na ‘long’ beké g na z n g ná egína Ikebiri/Olodiama g ná Kolokuma AOTF 53; AOTH 78 WL WL, RF See Appendix for more dialects. SOLANACEAE Capsicum sp. Kolokuma Nembe íkpungúlusan BN 77 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft SOLANACEAE Kolokuma Lycopersicon lycopersicum Karst. tamátosi Oporoma tamátosi Ikebiri/Olodiama tomátosi Tomato See Appendix for more dialects. SOLANACEAE Kolokuma Nicotiana rustica Linn. ifíyan Tobacco [AOT 125] 1 For smoking 2 For snuff Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ifoyá RF SOLANACEAE 322; 370; 431; KW10; OP196;;38B Kolokuma Physalis angulata Linn. olókoí, lokoi Oporoma itóbó g ná Ikebiri/Olodiama SOLANACEAE KWJa9915 +JOA Kolokuma Solanum gilo Raddi ? Eggplant with big sp?? purple fruit? s s Ekpetiama s s T? DO Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama SOLANACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma RF Solanum ?indicum Linn. [?S. nigrum] kp kp 219; KW57 1 Eaten with gin KW57 Ikebiri/Olodiama akp nkp n RF SOLANACEAE Solanum melongena Linn. s s Varieties: beké s s ‘Eur. i.’ d w s s ‘dead man’s i.’ (cf. S.dasyphyllum) as ns n 323 Kolokuma Oporoma 1 Food Ikebiri/Olodiama 78 AOTF 32 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft SOLANACEAE Solanum americanum Linn. Kolokuma d w (Solanum americanum Linn.) or S. torvum americanum [RB?] (Lowe 19.11.93) kp kp 325; 376; 390; 450 = 449 [Originally identified as S. nigrum] 390=small white flower, small green fruit Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ewerif F2 SOLANACEAE Solanum torvum Sw. OP151 Kolokuma Oporoma omgbóm n b p n k r gh Ikebiri/Olodiama SOLANACEAE Kolokuma 324 Solanum dasyphyllum Schum. & Thonn. d w s s 1 Medicinal KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama SPHENOCLEACEAE Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. Kolokuma OP150 Oporoma ofíófíóbenibóu Ikebiri/Olodiama fiyofiyo binibóu RF Mansonia altissima (A.Chev.) A. Chev. oboboó [AOT 34] STERCULIACEAE STERCULIACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama STERCULIACEAE Kolokuma Cola acuminata (P.Beav.) Schott & Endl. dábóú (t n) ‘ Oporoma dábíyó Kola (Tree) 79 [AOT] z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama dabiye F44 1 Food 2 For protective ring 1 Food AK See Appendix for more dialects. 401 [KD] Apoi dabiyo STERCULIACEAE Cola laurifolia Mast. Kolokuma kutú 1 Large (edible?) fruit 2 Medicine for matchet wounds Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl. dábóú (t n) Kola (Check Burkill LW’s list 5) 400 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama STERCULIACEAE Kolokuma Ikibiri Oporoma Ekeu á óú CY dábíyó á úó EE RF 1 Food 2 For protective ring 1 Food AK, JA/LW See Appendix for more dialects. Ikebiri/Olodiama dabiye Gbaraun/Apoi dabiyo STERCULIACEAE Kolokuma Sterculia tragacantha Lindl. poó Ikebiri/Olodiama poró RF Gbaraun/Apoi poro JA/LW STERCULIACEAE Theobroma cacao Linn. kokó (t n) Varieties: z n kókó beke kóko Kolokuma (Not yet checked in Burkill 5) 1 Trunk makes trough for mashing palmfruit Cocoa (Tree) LW’s list KD (check id.) [AOT 78] Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama THELYPTERIDACEAE Cyclosorus sp.? Kolokuma O9 eberebére 80 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Christella ?dentata (Forssk.) Holttum Kolokuma formerly Cyclosorus ?dentatus imemeréke KW3 formerly Cyclosorus afer iberebére 321 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Pneumatopteris afer (C.Chr.) Holttum Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Cyclosorus striatus (Schum.) Ching Kolokuma Fern (general name) OP157; (211); 33 KD; E 26 Oporoma imbeberéke (gen.name), umbeberéke, umboberéke, umemeréke, imemeréke (p r umbébereke, p r umbékereke ‘king fern’; unidentified) unbebereke ( k k kírí k r ) ?? b bere Ikebiri/Olodiama wanwáanba RF TILIACEAE TILIACEAE ? 206 Kolokuma gbák r Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama TILIACEAE Kolokuma Clappertonia ficifolia (Willd.) Decne. làád (= làád ) 212; 416; 50 1 For floats ( kp r ) for fishing 2 fibre for hooklines Oporoma 81 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama Nembe paká BN TILIACEAE Corchorus olitorius Linn. k nr r n 342 Kolokuma KWJa9913 +JOA Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama TILIACEAE Kolokuma 223; 421; 430; 6 Glyphaea brevis (Spreng.) Monachino it l , t l gbasa ( t l stick) owéi t l ‘male i.’ 421 yellow flowers Dec Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama it lo OP129 TILIACEAE 420 Triumfetta cordifolia A. Rich. b d pál 420 Ikebiri/Olodiama t b -pal ye RF TILIACEAE Triumfetta ?cordifolia A. Rich. gbák r KD Kolokuma Oporoma Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ULMACEAE Celtis prantlii Kolokuma [AOT 49] tab Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama URTICACEAE URTICACEAE Kolokuma gb yab 227 Laportea aestuans (Linn.) Chew owéí mb Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama owei mb 82 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft URTICACEAE Laportea ovalifolia (Schumach.) Chew Kolokuma eré mb ‘female o.’ Oporoma eré mb ‘female o.’ Ikebiri/Olodiama y r o.’ URTICACEAE Urera ?rigida Benth. Kolokuma owéí mb ‘male o.’ mb ‘female formerly Fleurya (Nettle family) O29; 234;432; KW25; 11; OP188189 1 Protection against witchcraft 2 Flowers used in charm to make wife obedient 3 For lung trouble 4 For minor fracture 5 For training as masseur 6 For married love 7 For asthma 8 For success in fishing F ; F39 408 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama owei mb URTICACEAE Urera cordifolia Engl. owéí mb Kolokuma O28; OP115 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama owei mb URTICACEAE Urera rigida (Benth.) Keay owéí mb Kolokuma 20A 1 Stimulates penis 2 Cures diarrhoea, chest pain 20A Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama VERBENACEAE Clerodendrum thomsonae Balf. f. Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama owei mb 438 rd 1 Medicinal 83 KD z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Clerodendrum umbellatum Poir. Kolokuma Oporoma z zá Ikebiri/Olodiama Stachytarpheta indica (Linn.) Vahl Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama OP155 405 ?Formerly Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Mill.) Vahl 405 JL fókó túó 1 Used as soap 405 ofoko túko RF Vitex grandifolia Gürke Kolokuma b r n Ikibiri Oporoma Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama Gbaraun/Apoi Nembe m r n m r n m r n m r n b r n m r n Vitex grandifolia Gürke Kolokuma b ranf r n 287; OP131, LW’s list 1 Used for canoe- KD seats CY EE RF 1 To carve images JA/LW Fire-resisting, black Simon fruit ND 1 Carve canoes, planks KWFe9912 +JOA Ikibiri Oporoma Ekeu Ikebiri/Olodiama Gbaraun/Apoi VIOLACEAE Rinorea breviracemosa Chipp Kolokuma awá Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama wa, w (tree, equated by name) bou t b (fruit) [KD] 1 Hard wood 1 Stem for chewing stick 2 Stem and root for medicine 3 Stem for Grand beer 84 RF (specimen) z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Apoi wa Rinorea dentata (P.Beauv.) O.Ktze. Kolokuma 1 Timber, sold to Warri, Yenagoa, Sapele 2 For chewing-stick AK 17 inimawaá Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 334 Rinorea sp. Kolokuma atámá Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Rinorea subintegrifolia (P.Beauv.) O.Ktze. Kolokuma 14 okoti ta Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama VITACEAE Cissus aralioides (Welw. ex Bak.) Planch. Kolokuma 292, 434 d m gbá ‘python creeper’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama p l gh dighi RF [but cf. Friesodielsia gracilis] Cissus aralioides (Welw. ex Bak.) Planch. Kolokuma g ás [Cure for a child from d m family who suffers from d m sickness] MI Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Cissus arguta Hook.f. Kolokuma O6 b ab a Oporoma 85 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Ikebiri/Olodiama Cissus ibuensis Hook.f. (probably) Kolokuma 245; 392; KW30; A2A A2A, AOTH 21 b ab a gba dirima p ná 1 Green vegetable 2 Helps foetus 3 Tonic umbudighi 1 Leaves used for general pains and charms F69 Aframomum danielii (Hook. f.) K.Schum. f sán Alligator pepper [F33] 1 Food 2 Rituals AOTF 7 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ZINGIBERACEAE ZINGIBERACEAE Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama san Apoi san Nembe f san 1 Antidote to charm [F33]; F41; F51; F59; F66 2 For general love 3 To see hidden charms 4 To cure epilepsy 5 To prevent spontaneous abortion 1 Eaten and sold AK commercially BN See Appendix for more dialects. [id. dic as longiscapum] BN Aframomum sp. Nembe sáni-ákpa ZINGIBERACEAE Aframomum sceptrum (Oliv. & Hanb.) K. Schum. akaanlá (plant) ogúzoú (fruit) Kolokuma KW43; 272; O2 1 Edible fruit 2 Root used in weaving KD Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Oiakiri Apoi Nembe k ngal (plant) obúdúm (fruit) kanlá (plant) obudum (fruit) ógisóú (fruit) k kal a (plant) RF RF 1 Fruit eaten 86 AK BN z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Renealmia ZINGIBERACEAE battenbergiana Nembe ogbodoin(apoto) BN Plants not yet identified scientifically Kolokuma m m r n AOTF wanwáanba RF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ak dighi Kolokuma F67 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama okpolotá OP166 Kolokuma Oporoma p l Ikebiri/Olodiama p l RF OP197 Kolokuma Oporoma opú t k Ikebiri/Olodiama OP160 Kolokuma Oporoma orovi kumu Ikebiri/Olodiama osoba diri Kolokuma eré w nr nr n RF 87 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma r n tree used for canoecarving KD, AOT 86 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 217 Kolokuma lórií Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama KW32 Kolokuma g n timí Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma kpáa!kpo AOT 51 mgbaal AOT 53 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma poó AOT 57 poró RF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 88 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma obórífúróú AOT 62 KD =mildew k sá n AOT 68, KD tree oloó AOT 82 Ikebiri/Olodiama oló RF Kolokuma k k laá AOT 83 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma bákeín (t n) Ikebiri/Olodiama gbakóin Kolokuma Oporoma z n Ikebiri/Olodiama z n Kolokuma 1 Fruit edible KD; AOT 70 RF 1 Fruits eaten AOT 32; AOTF RF asanghán AOT 39 sanghá RF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 89 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Apoi saan 1 For canoes AK OP164 Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma as má bárá k r , as má bárá k r owéí bókó s ma b ra k r RF kpák l kpa AOT 118 r bagbasá AOT 117 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama OP128 Kolokuma k m dúí AOT 101 sísirísi AOT 100 eféríméfé AOT 99 k rá m t b t n AOT 98 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma 90 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma b l AOT 84 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma kíríowaso AOT 44 osid AOT 45 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma n Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama osid w n Kolokuma r bab s n AOT 50 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma E 22 iy ro @ d d Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma bóbií Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 91 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma g nát naghapak n Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma b nied n (sp?) AOTH 100 ókolólo AOTH 99 ofóróróbenibóú AOTH 98 ag ák r ghá AOTH 96 g nát aghapáák n AOTH 60 y r AOTH 57 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma d d Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama 92 z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma eréw -ikéín-kan AOTH 52 agbunú AOTH 54 Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma k Ikebiri/Olodiama owei ak Kolokuma (Resembles cowpea) [AOTF 26] 1 Used to kill lice KD 1 Used to kill lice 2 As poison for fowls, or suicide RF bou mgb Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama d w ak Kolokuma orógbasa (Gen term, various) (NB specimens) 1 Stem used for weaving Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama orógb sa, oró t n Apoi oró 1 Bundles sold commercially AK Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama kokolo Apoi kókólo RF (spec?) 1 As spice and sold commercially 93 AK z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma díí (general term for climbers and bush ropes; also specific type??) Oporoma KD Ikebiri/Olodiama bou díghi ‘bush rope’ Apoi bou dii ‘bush rope’ RF Sold commercially in bundles AK [Has long flower, fruits on 2 sides] Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama ipirí Apoi ipiri RF 1 Fruit eaten 2 ? used as rake AK Partially identified Pheamatopteris afra Kolokuma (fern; plant growth on top of palm tree) ibereberé, iberebére Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama wanwáanba RF Indian Bamboo Kolokuma igbon k ra ‘Northern reed’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama beké ipiri RF Mein beke-osi MD Kolokuma Oporoma eké 1 Wood used for drums and utensils KD Moss type KD Ikebiri/Olodiama Pilotrichella communis Kolokuma bou b d ‘bush cloth’ Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Carob Tree, Locust Tree 94 [AOT 76] z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma g asá nsá n (t n) 1 Seed-pods used as rattles KD 1 Seed-pods used as rattles RF Sandpaper tree AOT 11a Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama s nt n Kolokuma f nr nr n AOT 11a Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma tanwá n (t n) Ikebiri/Olodiama tanwá n ‘Sweetsop’ ? [AOT 41; AOTF] 1 Fruit eaten KD RF "Wild Alligator Pepper" (RF) Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama obudum (specimen) (Tiemo 1968:33 identifies lugbo as the wild rubber tree in the Egbema dialect (Edo State) Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama lukpó Apoi lugbo RF 1 Timber tree sold to Lagos/Sapele AK (Tiemo 1968:32 identifies ir as Erythrophlyeum in the Egbema dialect (Edo State) Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama r Apoi r RF 1 For canoes Mushroom (type) Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama bou ás sa 95 AK z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Lentinus tuberregium Kolokuma Oporoma [KD] akás Ikebiri/Olodiama buún 1 Sclerotium is edible 1 Sold commercially 2 To clean teeth Pear Kolokuma RF ?? pía AOTF Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama LW’s list Spathandra blakeoides Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama b la-ya nm Gbaraun/Apoi Kolokuma b la-ya nm RF 1 Timber 4 2 Carve canoe d w tanwa n ‘deadmen’s t.’ JA/LW 399 id. AOT Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma k k lá tree used for carving canoes and paddles Butyrospermum paradoxum okumá shea-butter Ikebiri/Olodiama Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Format 96 KD z n plant names and uses: circulation draft Kolokuma Oporoma Ikebiri/Olodiama Bibliography Wilks, C. & Issembé, Y., 2000. Les arbres de la Guinée Equatoriale: Guide pratique d’identification: région continentale. Projet CUREF, Bata, Guinée Equatoriale. 546 pp. 97