Plant Species List

ID No. Species name Family Common Name Local Name Compound
NMP-235 Napoleonaea imperialis Lecythidaceae Napoleons Hat, Napoleons Buttons Nigeria: Ukpakonrisa (Edo); Obu-anagbo, Otukuche (Igala); Akpodo, Ukpodu, Atwuoko, Akpo Iziga, Isi Efe (Igbo). 17
NMP-206 Neocarya macrophylla. Chrysobalanaceae Gingerbread Plum, Neou Oil Tree, Rotten Plum (fruit) Senegal: Diola: Bahab, Beul; Fula-Pulaar: Naode; Mandinka: Tamba; Serer: Daf; Wolof: Neo | The Gambia: Mandinka: Tambaa | Guinea-Bissau: Balanta: N-bute; Fula-Pulaar: Naudo | Sierra Leone: Mende: Foni-lawa; Susu: Kobira-fire | Nigeria: Hausa: Gawasaa; Ful 1
NMP-121 Nymphaea lotus Nymphaeceae White Egyptian Lotus, White Water Lily, Tiger Lotus Osibata (Yoruba, Nigeria), Bado, Ƙudu,Kwalaa (Hausa, Nigeria), Mkpokpomere (Igbo, Nigeria), Kumu (Swahili, East Africa), Thamara (Tamil, India) 14
NMP-120 Nicotiana tabacum Solanaceae Tobacco, Cultivated Tobacco, Common Tobacco Ewe Taba, Otaba, Taba (Yoruba, Nigeria), Taba, Garin taba, Bakin carkii (Hausa, Nigeria), Anvutivi (Ewe, Ghana), Tabako (Malagasy, Madagascar) 17
NMP-119 Newbouldia laevis Bignoniaceae Tree of Life, Fertility Tree, African Border Tree Ewe Akoko (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ogilisi, Ogirishi (Igbo, Nigeria), Aduruku (Hausa, Nigeria), Ikhimi (Edo, Nigeria), Faangum (Cameroon) 6
NMP-118 Nauclea latifolia Rubiaceae African Peach, Pin Cushion Tree, Nauclea Egbeyesi, Egbesi (Yoruba, Nigeria), Igiyaa, Tafashiy, Tafiyayaiga (Hausa, Nigeria), Ubulinu, Ovoroilu (Igbo, Nigeria), Mbomibong (Ibibio, Nigeria), Itu (Itsekiris, Nigeria) 1