Medicinal plants used in treating snakebites in Benue State, Nigeria

Occurrence
Latest version published by University of Lagos on Mar 4, 2023 University of Lagos
Publication date:
4 March 2023
Published by:
University of Lagos
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This is an occurrence record of medicinal plants used by indigenous people in Benue state, Nigeria for the treatment of snake bites.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O, Nodza G (2023): Medicinal plants used in treating snakebites in Benue State, Nigeria. v1.3. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=snakebite&v=1.3

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Lagos. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 12a0e880-3b75-400d-8800-f3e2b7c4d050.  University of Lagos publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Nigeria.

Keywords

Occurrence; Snakebites; Ethnobotany; Medicinal Plants; Benue; Nigeria; Observation

Contacts

Temitope Onuminya
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact ●
  • Principal Investigator
  • Associate Professor
University of Lagos
  • Department Of Botany
23401 Akoka
Lagos
NG
  • +2347030241452
Oluwatoyin Ogundipe
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Professor
University of Lagos
  • DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
23401 AKOKA
LAGOS
NG
  • +2348023201618
George Nodza
  • Curator ●
  • Originator
  • Lecturer
University of Lagos
  • DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
23401 AKOKA
LAGOS
NG
  • +234 802 800 5129

Geographic Coverage

The study was done in Benue state Nigeria

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Collection includes genus Annona, Anthocleista, Buchholzia, Rourea, Ceiba, Cnestis, Detarium, Entada, Erythrina, Gossypium, Lophira, Morinda, Nicotiana, Olax, Piliostigma, Tinospora, Philenoptera

Phylum Tracheophyta

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 2017-12-01

Project Data

Mobilization of specimen data from the Lagos Herbarium

Title Expanding the visibility of the Lagos Herbarium through Digitization and Mobilization of Plant Specimen Data
Identifier BID-AF2020-009-INS
Funding GBIF-BID Grant
Study Area Description Lagos, Nigeria

The personnel involved in the project:

Temitope Onuminya
  • Principal Investigator

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 12a0e880-3b75-400d-8800-f3e2b7c4d050
https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=snakebite