Plant Species List

ID No. Species name Family Common Name Local Name Compound
NMP-100 Lonchocarpus sericeus Fabaceae Dotted Lancepod, Lilac Tree, Senegal Lilac Ipapo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Bahar, Furan dan Sarki (Hausa, Nigeria), Njassi (Swahili, East Africa), Faki (Mandinka, Gambia) 4
NMP-101 Luffa cylindrica Cucurbitaceae Smooth Loofah, Vegetable Sponge, Sponge Gourd, Dishcloth Gourd, Egyptian Cucumber Aya-oyinbo , Kankan Oyinbo, Kankan Ayaba (Yoruba, Nigeria), Soso (Hausa, Nigeria), Asisa (Igbo, Nigeria) 46
NMP-289 Leptadenia hastata Apocynaceae leafy wild vine, African edible vine Yadiya (Hausa, Nigeria); Sabato, Kusubi (Fulani, Nigeria); Njara (Kanuri, Nigeria) 2
NMP-242 Laggera pterodonta Asteraceae Winged Laggera, African wormwood Taba agbe (Yoruba, Nigeria) 4
NMP-204 Loranthus micranthus Linn Loranthaceae African Mistletoe, Eastern Nigeria Mistletoe Nigeria: Igbo: Nbu-nnunu; Yoruba: Afomo; Hausa: kauchi 3
NMP-099 Lonchocarpus cyanescens Leguminosae West African Indigo, Yoruba Indigo, Gara Elu (Yoruba, Nigeria), Talaki, Talagi (Hausa, Nigeria), Nji (Nigeria), Anunu (Igbo, Nigeria), Ebelu (Edo, Nigeria) 4
NMP-098 Lippia multiflora Verbenaceae Bush Tea, Gambian Tea Bush, Sweetleaf, Savannah Tea Efinrin-gogoro, Efinrin-foromaba (Yoruba, Nigeria),Tchayo (Fon, Benin), Sauvane (French West Africa), Bunsurun fadama, godon kada (Hausa, Nigeria). 2
NMP-097 Landolphia owariensis Apocynaceae Vine Rubber, Rubber Vine, White Rubber Vine, Congo Rubber Panukuru (Mandinka, Gambia), Cuwoo,Hajin rakumi (Hausa, Nigeria), Nwalikali (Igbo, Nigeria), Oto (Yoruba, Nigeria) 21
NMP-096 Laggera aurita Compositae Laggera, Hairy Laggera Taba-ebora, Eru-taba (Yoruba, Nigeria) 13
NMP-095 Laggera alata Compositae Laggera, Winged Laggera Agemo-kogun, Eru-taba (Yoruba, Nigeria), Luobuma (Chinese), Nchenthia (Baka, Cameroon), Abanaadene (Igbo, Nigeria), 5
NMP-094 Lagenaria siceraria Cucurbitaceae Bottle Gourd, Calabash, White-Flowered Gourd, Opo Squash Babo, Evo, Kokpa (Nupe, Nigeria), Ado, Pooko (Yoruba, Nigeria), Oba (Igbo, Nigeria), Karuguna, Kundumasa, Kulubuutuu, Luudaayii, Dumaa, Karuguna (Hausa, Nigeria), Lauki (Hindi, India), Upo (Tagalog, Philippines), Horde, Hooreede (Fula-Pulaar, Guinea), Ngu 6