S/N

Plant Types

Economic Value and Uses

Local Name

(Ibibio/Annang)

Scientific Name

1

Afang

Gnetum africanum

Used for soup like Afang and Ukwuoho

2

Ayurveda

Taxus breviflora

Anti-Tumour drug

3

Eben

Dacryodes edulis

Edible with maize

4

Editan

Lasianthera africana

Food, vegetable source

5

Efiad

Garcinia cola

Entertainment and cough treatment

6

Eyop

Elaeis guineensis

Used for cooking, soap and margarine

7

Isip-Mbakara

Cocos nucifera

Oral rehydration therapy and vitamin supplement

8

Maprounnea

Papaver somniferum

Hypertension treatment

9

Nsukakara

Spondias mombin

Edible fruit and foliage

10

Udara

Gambeya albidum

Edible fruit and trunk for timber

11

Ukod

Raphia hookeri

Palm wine for social events

12

Unani

Artemisia annua

Anti-malaria

13

Uyayak

Tetrapleura itraptera

Used for pepper soup especially for nursing mothers

14

Uyo-Ikot

Irvingia gabonensis

Edible fruits and seed for soup