Plant Species List

ID No. Species name Family Common Name Local Name Compound
NMP-142 Prosopis africana Fabaceae African mesquite, Iron tree, Sassy wood Kiriya (Hausa, Nigeria), Ayan (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ubwa (Igbo, Nigeria), Okpehe (Edo, Nigeria), Sanchi (Fulani, Nigeria) 47
NMP-137 Piliostigma reticulatum Fabaceae Camel’s foot, Monkey bread, Leather tree Nguiguis (Wolof, Senegal), Korobo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Bani (Hausa, Nigeria), Musacanca (Portuguese, Guinea-Bissau), Barke (Fulfulde, Mali) 11
NMP-126 Parkia biglobosa Fabaceae West African Locust Bean, Dawadawa Tree, Néré, African Carob Dorowa (Hausa, Nigeria), Igba,Igi-iru (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ogirili (Igbo, Nigeria), Nere (Bambara, Mali), Nettou (Wolof, Senegal) 13
NMP-136 Physostigma venenosum Fabaceae Calabar bean, Ordeal bean, Chopnut Isho , Esgerem, Eseré (Efik, Nigeria) 1
NMP-147 Pyrenacantha staudtii Icacinaceae Pyrenacantha, Spiny Icacin Oroto-agba, Iru okete, Ahara (Yoruba, Nigeria), Orokotomu, Ohogbo (Edo, Nigeria), Nhia (Igbo, Nigeria) 46
NMP-144 Pteris togoensis Adiantaceae Togo Brake Fern, African Brake Fern Imo-osun, Ewe Imo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Nkundo (Lingala, DR Congo) 49
NMP-140 Plumeria alba Apocynaceae White Frangipani, Nosegaytree, Pagoda tree, West Indian jasmine Kemboja Putih (Malay, Indonesia), Champa (Hindi, India), Hoa Su (Vietnamese), Sakham (Lao) 63
NMP-128 Pentaclethra macrophylla Fabaceae African Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil Tree, Congo Acacia, Atta Bean Apara, Apawa (Yoruba, Nigeria), Pala, Pakala (Sierra Leone), Ugba, Ogba (Igbo, Nigeria), Mubala (Lingala, DR Congo), Nganzi (Cameroon), Okpagha, Akpagha (Edo). 33
NMP-292 Picralima nitida Apocynaceae Akuamma, Pile plant, Picralima, Bitterstick, False cinchona Abere, Erin (Yoruba, Nigeria), Osi Igwe, Osu abwa (Igbo, Nigeria), Akuama, Ekuama, Onwenma (Twi, Ghana), Kakooli (Nzema, Ghana), Ebissi (Abure, Ivory Coast), Gban (Bété, Ivory Coast), Ndfu (Bamun, Cameroon) 2
NMP-291 Paullinia pinnata Sapindaceae Bread and cheese plant, Sweet gum, Timbo, Tietie Goron dorina, Yatsa biyar, Zaga Rafi, Furen Amarya (Hausa, Nigeria), Itakun-okere (Yoruba, Nigeria), Toa-ntini (Akan, Ghana), Kpankpankwe (Ewe, Ghana) 3
NMP-257 Pausinystalia yohimbe Rubiaceae Yohimbe, Yohimbe bark, Burantashi Idagbon (Yoruba, Nigeria), Nikiba (Edo, Nigeria) 7
NMP-245 Polyalthia longifolia Annonaceae : Ashoka, Buddha tree, green champa, Indian mast tree, and Indian fir tree - 1
NMP-243 Palisota hirsuta Commelinaceae Hairy Palisota, African spiderwort Ewe Akoko, Akerejupon (Yoruba), Ikpele oku, Ikpere aturu (Igbo), Kpuoke (Mano, Liberia), Some-nini (Akan-Asante, Ghana), Tologbelo (Kissi, Sierra Leone), Kumbe (Manding-Mandinka, Sierra Leone). 46
NMP-241 Psychotria microphylla Rubiaceae Small-leaved Psychotria, African coffee shrub - 4
NMP-207 Piliostigma thonningii. Fabaceae Camels Foot, Monkey Bread Nigeria: Abafe (Yoruba); Kalgoo, cancali (Hausa); Okpachu (Igbo) 23
NMP-201 Pavetta crassipes Rubiaceae Savannah Pavetta, Guinea Coffee Gadu (Hausa, Nigeria), Lolubo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Mikumu (Luo, Kenya), Mupembe (Kamba, Kenya), Musabukuru (Swahili, Tanzania) 1
NMP-146 Pycnanthus angolensis Myristicaceae African nutmeg, False nutmeg, Wild nutmeg, Ilomba Akomu (Yoruba, Nigeria), Akujaadi (Hausa, Nigeria), Oje, Aakwa-mili, Egwunond (Igbo, Nigeria), Mulomba (Gabon), Nkuna (Lingala, DR Congo), Efok (Efik, Nigeria) 4
NMP-145 Pterocarpus santalinioides Leguminosae Winged fruit, Red sandalwood, African rosewood Gbengbe (Yoruba, Nigeria), Nturukpa (Igbo, Nigeria), Gunduru, Gyadar kurmi (Hausa, Nigeria) 6
NMP-143 Psidium guajava Myrtaceae Guava, Apple guava, Yellow guava, Lemon guava Goba (Hausa, Nigeria), Gilofa (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ugwaba (Igbo, Nigeria), (Portuguese, Brazil), Jambu Batu (Malay, Malaysia) 1
NMP-139 Plumbago zeylanica Plumbaginaceae Ceylon Leadwort, Doctorbush, Wild Leadwort, White-flowered Leadwort, Chitrak Inabiri, Onaya ako (Yoruba, Nigeria), Chithramoolam (Tamil, India), Chitraka (Sanskrit, India), Agni (Hindi, India) 22
NMP-138 Piper guineense Piperaceae West African black pepper, Climbing black pepper, Ashanti pepper, Guinea pepper, Uziza Iyere, Ata-iyere (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ozeza (Igbo, Nigeria), Masooroo (Hausa, Nigeria), Soro wisa (Akan, Ghana) 21
NMP-135 Physalis angulata Solanaceae Angular winter cherry, Balloon cherry, Cutleaf groundcherry, Gooseberry, Wild cape gooseberry Koropo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Matsarmana, Lababuje, Mai Lalita, Tsadar Biri, Domashin Maza (Hausa, Nigeria), Camapu (Amazon, Brazil), Topitopi (Peru) 2
NMP-134 Phyllanthus muellerianus Euphorbiaceae Myrobalan, African Myrobalan, Wild Gooseberry Majiriyar Kurmi, Kumcii (Hausa, Nigeria), Egungun-eja Arunjeran, Eegun-eja (Yoruba, Nigeria), Egueza (Igbo, Nigeria), Mbolongo (Baka, Cameroon) 29
NMP-133 Phyllanthus amarus Euphorbiaceae Gale-O-Wind, Hurricane Weed, Stonebreaker, Seed-under-leaf Eyin-olobe, Ehinbinisowo, Yoloba (Yoruba,Nigeria), Geron-tsuntsaye (Hausa, Nigeria), Ngwu (Igbo,Nigeria), Abomaguwakyi (Twi) 19
NMP-132 Phaulopsis falcisepala Acanthaceae Phaulopsis, Sickle-sepal phaulopsis Apa-Ogbe, Ewe Apa (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ogbe-Akuko (Igbo, Nigeria) 8
NMP-131 Phaseolus vulgaris Leguminosae Kidney bean, Common bean, French bean, Snap bean, String bean Wake (Hausa, Nigeria), Ewa (Yoruba, Nigeria), Agwa (Igbo, Nigeria). Feijao (Portuguese, Brazil), Frijol (Spanish, Latin America) 13
NMP-130 Petiveria alliacea Phytolaccaceae Anamu, Guinea hen weed, Garlic weed, Root of life Awogba (Yoruba, Nigeria), Mucuracaa, Guine (Brazil), Tipi (South America) 15
NMP-129 Persea americana Lauraceae Avocado, Alligator Pear, Butter Fruit, Aguacate Pia (Yoruba, Nigeria), Apoka, Ubebekee, Ube Oyinbo (Igbo, Nigeria), Palta (Quechua, Peru), Abacate (Portuguese, Brazil) 18
NMP-127 Pennisetum purpureum Poaceae Elephant Grass, Napier Grass, Uganda Grass, Merker Grass Esu-funfun,Esusun-funfun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Achara (Igbo, Nigeria), Dawarkada, Kyambama, Yambama (Hausa, Nigeria), Tamben (Fula-Pulaar, Sierra Leone), Ngara (Loko, Sierra Leone) 14
NMP-125 Parinari curatellaefolia Rosaceae Rough-Skinned Plum, Mobola Plum, Hissing Tree, Sand Apple Abo-idofun (Yoruba, Nigeria), Rura, Farar rura (Hausa, Nigeria), Tutu (Bambara, Mali), Mmupudu (Tswana, South Africa), Mupundu (Shona, Zimbabwe) 4
NMP-124 Pachira glabra Bombacaceae Guinea Peanut, Lucky Tree, Guiana Chestnut, Saba Nut, Money Tree Epa-boro (Yoruba, Nigeria), Munguba (Brazil), Zapote de Agua (Spanish, Central America), Castanho do Maranhão (Portuguese, Brazil) 22