Study of ethno-botanical flora of dakingari, kebbi state Nigeria, west tropical Africa
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dakingari, ethno-botany, flora, kebbi state, speciesAbstract
The present research is an attempt to study the ethnobotanical flora of Dakingari, Kebbi State, Nigeria. The study was conducted from July 2014 to June 2015 villages of Dakingari. The use of questionnaire method was used for obtaining information on the indigenous knowledge of plants that are used traditionally. The results were spreads in about 31 families, 45 genera and 53 species of angiospermic families. They are Amaranthaceae 2 species, Anacardiaceae 3species, Annonaceae 1 species, Asclepiadaceae 2 species, Asteraceae (Compositae) 2 species, Balanitaceae 1 species, Bombacaceae 1 species, Caesalpinaceae 7 species, Caricaceae 1 species, Capparaceae 1 species, Combretaceae 4 species, Convolvulaceae 1 species, Cucurbitaceae 1 species, Ebenaceae 1 species, Euphorbiaceae 4 species, Liliaceae 1 species, Malvaceae 2 species, Meliaceae 1 species, Mimosaceae 2 species, Musaceae 1 species, Moringaceae 1 species, Mrytaceae 2 species, Nymphaeceae 1 species, Olacaceae 1 species, Pediliaceae 2 species, Poaceae 2 species, Rubiaceae 2 species, Sapindaceae 1 species, Sapotaceae 1 species, Sterculiaceae 1 species and Verbenaceae 1 species.
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