Plant Species List

ID No. Species name Family Common Name Local Name Compound
NMP-064 Euphorbia heterophylla Euphorbiaceae Mexican Fireplant, Painted Euphorbia, Wild Poinsettia, Fire-on-the-Mountain Egele (Yoruba, Nigeria) 14
NMP-057 Eryngium foetidum Apiaceae Culantro, Long Coriander, Sawtooth Coriander, Mexican Coriander, Shadow Beni - 11
NMP-270 Eclipta prostrata Asteraceae False daisy, Bhringraj, Yerba de tago, Karisalankanni - 8
NMP-055 Entada africana. Fabaceae African Dream Herb, Snuffbox Sea Bean, Calling Card Vine Tawatsa (Hausa, Nigeria), Ogurobe, Ayunre-banabana (Yoruba, Nigeria), NGolobe (Bambara, Mali),Prekese (Akan, Ghana), Locigaga (Nupe,Nigeria), Bwadaraye (Gwari,Nigeria). 11
NMP-058 Erythrina senegalensis Fabaceae Senegal Coral Tree, Parrot Tree, Coral Tree, Red Bean Tree Nte (Bambara, Mali), Minjirya, Idon zakara (Hausa, Nigeria), Osun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Koroballi (Fulfulde, Cameroon), Ndial (Wolof, Senegal) 9
NMP-279 Eucalyptus torelliana Myrtaceae Cadaga, Cadagi, Torell’s Eucalyptus, Bloodwood - 43
NMP-278 Eugenia uniflora Myrtaceae Surinam Cherry, Brazilian Cherry, Pitanga, Cayenne Cherry, Cerisier Carre Pitanga (Brazil), Nangapiri (Paraguay), Cereza de Cayena (Spanish-speaking countries) 33
NMP-271 Eucalyptus tereticornis Eucalyptus Forest red gum, Blue gum, Red irongum, Red gum, Bastard box - 55
NMP-266 Eucalyptus cloeziana Eucalyptus Gympie Messmate, Iron Gum - 53
NMP-261 EUPHORBIA DRUPIFERA Euphorbiaceae Olive spurge, Plum-fruited spurge - 1
NMP-227 Eucalyptus maculata Myrtaceae spotted gum - 6
NMP-222 Erythrina sigmoidea. Fabaceae Coral Tree, Coral Bean Papatara (Fula-Pulaar, Guinea/Senegal) 4
NMP-056 Eremomastax speciosa Leguminosae African Blood Tonic, Blood Spinach, Congo Spinach Jangborukan , Asoyin, Nkong-ikong (Efik), Mbamba (Ibibio) 28
NMP-067 Euphorbia laterifolia Euphorbiaceae Dwarf Spurge, Spotted Spurge, Scutellann, Little Cactus Oro were, enuopiri (Yoruba, Nigeria), Bida sartse, Fida sartse (Hausa, Nigeria) 1
NMP-066 Euphorbia kamerunica Euphorbiaceae Fence Cactus, Kamerun Spurge Oro, Ukoko (Igbo, Nigeria), Oro-alagogo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Kinara, Kyarana (Hausa,Nigeria), Tinguelin (Fali, Cameroon) 2
NMP-065 Euphorbia hirta Euphorbiaceae Asthma Weed, Hairy Spurge, Garden Spurge, Snakeweed, Pill-Bearing Spurge Emi-ile (Yoruba, Nigeria), Egele (Igbo, Nigeria), Nonon Kurciyaa (Hausa, Nigeria) ,Tawa-tawa (Tagalog, Philippines), Dudhi (Hindi, India), Ahihia Ugwa (Akan, Ghana), Odane Inenemii (Samoa) 8
NMP-063 Euphorbia deightonii Euphorbiaceae Deightons Spurge, Madagascar Euphorbia Oro Agogo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Tsimanana (Malagasy, Madagascar) 7
NMP-062 Euphorbia balsamifera Euphorbiaceae Sweet Tabernaemontana, Balsam Spurge Aguwa, Kaguwa, Uwar yara, Ayara (Hausa, Nigeria), Tabaiba Dulce (Spanish, Canary Islands), Darmus (Berber, Morocco), Chajrat al-Kharroub (Arabic, Morocco),Touffahi (Hassaniya Arabic, Mauritania) 1
NMP-061 Eugenia aromatica Myrtaceae Clove, Clove Tree, Laung Cengkeh (Indonesia), Lavang (Hindi, India), Kirambu (Tamil) Kananfari (Hausa, Nigeria), Dingxiang (Mandarin, China) 15
NMP-060 Eucalyptus globulus Myrtaceae Tasmanian Blue Gum, Southern Blue Gum, Blue Gum Eucalyptus Yurap (Woiwurrung, Australia), Nilgurn (Djabwurrung, Australia), Safeda (Hindi, India), Karpuramaram (Tamil, India), Eucalipto (Portuguese, Brazil) 15
NMP-059 Erythrophleum suaveolens Leguminosae Sasswood, Ordeal Tree, Sassy Bark, Red Water Tree, Forest Ordeal Tree Erun Obo, Olu-Obo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Gwaska (Hausa, Nigeria) , Ajeku (Akan, Ghana), Mwavi (Swahili, Kenya), Mancone (Lingala, DR Congo) 4
NMP-054 Enantia chlorantha Annonaceae African Yellow Wood, Yellow Moabi, Moambe Jaune Nigeria: Osopupa, Awopa (Yoruba), Kakerim (Boki), Erenba-vbogo (Bini) | Cameroon: Epoue (Baka), Njie (Douala), Mpouley (Mabea) 7
NMP-053 Emilia coccinea Compositae Scarlet Tasselflower, Tassel Flower, Flamingo Feather, Cupids Paintbrush Odundun-owo, Odundun-okun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ogbunizu , Nte-ana (Igbo, Nigeria), Mgwagwala (Swahili,Tanzania) 2
NMP-052 Eleusine indica Poaceae Indian Goosegrass, Wiregrass, Yard-Grass, Fowl Foot Grass Nigeria: Ese-kannakanna (Yoruba), Ciyaawar tuuji (Hausa), Ichite (Igbo) | Malaysia: Rumput sambau (Malay) | India: Dansi (Hindi) 5
NMP-051 Elaeis guineensis Palmae African Oil Palm, Red Oil Palm, Oil Palm Nigeria: Ope, Igi-ope (Yoruba), Nkwe (Igbo), Ake (Edo), Kwakwar Manja (Hausa) | Ghana: Abe (Akan) 12
NMP-050 Eichhornia crassipes Pontederiaceae Water Hyacinth, Floating Water Hyacinth, Common Water Hyacinth Bebelu oju omi (Yoruba, Nigeria), Gbeborun (Igbo, Nigeria), Kachuripana (Bengali, Bangladesh) ,Jal khumbe (Hindi, India) 13
NMP-049 Ehretia cymosa Boraginaceae Puzzle Bush, Ivorywood, African Puzzle Bush Jaoke (Yoruba, Nigeria), Umukara (Igbo, Nigeria),Wanza (Amharic, Ethiopia) ,Nsanson (Akan, Ghana) 9
NMP-048 Echinacea purpurea Compositae Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Black Sampson - 3