Yoruba Names for Herbs and Plants
This index includes only the individual plants currently sold in our Fresh Religious Plants collection. A Yoruba name is shown only when the same botanical species can be supported; Caribbean or Lukumí trade names are not automatically presented as modern Yoruba.
| Plant name | Yoruba name |
|---|---|
| Alacrancillo Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Alamo Plant | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Algarrobo Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Almond Leaves Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Almácigo Herb (Bursera simaruba) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Amanza Guapo Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Anamu Herb (Guinea Hen Weed) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Anon Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Apasote Herb (Epazote) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Arrasa con Todo Plant | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Artemisa Plant (Artemisia annua) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Atiponla Herbs | Àtìpọnlá (identity of the sold specimen still needs confirmation) |
| Avocado Leaves Herb | Ado (regional spelling; tones not securely established) |
| Bledo Blanco : Ewe Tete in African Religions | Tètè (generic name for amaranths; species qualifier unverified) |
| Caisimón de Anís Herb (Piper auritum) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Campana Blanca Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Cana Santa Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Canistel Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Canutillo Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Ceiba Herb (Ceiba pentandra) | Àràbà |
| Chaya Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Chichicate Herb (Urera baccifera) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Cinnamon Leaves Herb / canela en planta | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Colonia Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Coralillo Herb (Antigonon leptopus) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Corazón de Paloma (Ewe Rin Rin) | Rinrin (published usage; tones not securely established) |
| Cordoban Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Cotton Plant (Algodón) | Òwú (Gossypium spp.; Òwú akẹse for G. barbadense in one documented source) |
| Croto Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Cucaracha Herb (Tradescantia zebrina) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Culantro Herb (Recao) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Cundeamor Herb (Momordica charantia) | Ejìnrìn / Ejìnrìn wewe |
| Curujey Plant | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Dormidera (Mimosa pudica) | Patanmo (tones and regional spelling vary) |
| Embeleso Herb (Plumbago auriculata) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Escoba Amarga Herb (Parthenium hysterophorus) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Espanta Muerto Plant (Abericunlo) | Àáràgbá / Àbíkólò (regional names for Eclipta prostrata) |
| Flamboyant Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Flor de Agua | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Fosforito Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Frescura Plant (Pilea Microphylla) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Guacamaya Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Guava Leaves (Psidium guajava) | Gúàfà (modern loan name) |
| Guisazo de Caballo Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Helecho Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Hierba Fina Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Hierba Hedionda (Senna occidentalis) | Abọ̀ rere / Rere (Senna occidentalis) |
| Higuereta Morada Herb (Ricinus communis) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Holy Basil Plant / Albahaca Blanca | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Itamo Real Plant | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Jaboncillo Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Jaguey Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Justicia Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Laurel Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Lengua de Vaca Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Limon - Lemon (Herb) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Llantén Herb (Plantago major) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Malanga Herb | Kókó (generic cocoyam name; product species not confirmed) |
| Mamey Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Mango Leaves Herb | Màngòrò (modern loan name) |
| Mano Poderosa herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Manzanilla Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Mar Pacífico Flor Roja | Òdòdó pupa (documented for Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; literally red flower) |
| Maravilla Herb (Mirabilis jalapa) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Mastuerzo Plant | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Mejorana (Marjoram) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Meloncillo Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Mint Herb (Menta Plant) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Money Tree (Pachira aquatica) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Muralla Herb (Murraya paniculata) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Oregano Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Orozun Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Papaya Leaves - Fruta Bomba Herb | Ìbẹ́pẹ (often written Ibepe) |
| Paraiso Herb (Planta Paraiso) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Pata de Gallina Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Pendejera Herb (Solanum torvum) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Piñón de Botija Plant | Làpálàpá (Jatropha curcas) |
| Pomarrosa Leaves (Rose Apple Herb) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Ponasi Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Purple Basil (Ocimum basilicum) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Purple Caimito Herb (Chrysophyllum cainito) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Quita Maldición Plant & Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Recedad Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Romerillo Herb (Bidens Alba) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Romero (Rosemary) Fresh Herb & Plant | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Rompe Camisa Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Rompe Saraguey Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Rue (Ruda) Plant | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Saco Saco Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Sage Herb (Salvia officinalis) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Salvadera Herb (Hura crepitans) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Sauco Blanco Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Siempre Viva / Leaf of Life Plant (Kalanchoe pinnata) | Àbámọ́dá (Kalanchoe pinnata; not treated here as universally identical to Òdúndún) |
| SWEET PEPPER HERB | Ata rodo (Capsicum chinense group; cultivar equivalence not exact) |
| Sábila (Aloe Vera) Leaf | Ahọn erin (Aloe vera) |
| Tilo Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Tobacco Leaves (Herb) | Tábà / Àárò |
| Tua Tua Herb | Làpálàpá pupa (provisional regional name for Jatropha gossypiifolia) |
| Tuna Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Uva Caleta Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Vence Batalla Herb (Battle Winner Plant) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Vencedor Herb (Winner Plant) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Verbena Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Verdolaga (Purslane) | Ẹ̀sán ọmọde / Pápásán (Portulaca oleracea) |
| Wereyeye / Peonia Herb | Ojú ológbò / Ìwéréjẹ̀jẹ̀ (regional names for Abrus precatorius) |
| Yagruma Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Yerba Sangre Herb | No securely verified Yoruba name |
| Yo Puedo Más Que Tú Herb (I Can More Than You Plant) | No securely verified Yoruba name |
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