Iroko Historical Society · Afro-Atlantic Sacred Plant Knowledge
Ewé Database
Verger Collection
50 sacred plants from Pierre Fatumbi Verger’s Ewé: The Use of Plants in Yoruba Society and Dalia Quiros-Moran’s Guide to Afro-Cuban Herbalism, structured using the Iroko Framework.
About the Ewé Database
The Ewé Database provides a public interface for plant records structured using the Iroko Framework. Botanical, linguistic, and vernacular knowledge is fully discoverable. Knowledge governed by community authorization — Lucumí names, ritual use, and sacred notes — is shown with explicit access tier indicators, not suppressed. This environment demonstrates Sacred Metadata governance: the CARE Principles (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics) applied to Afro-Atlantic ethnobotanical knowledge.
Plant0001
Iròkò
Milicia excelsa
ENAfrican Teak
YOIròkò ńlá (hon.)
Public
Plant0002
CEIBA
Ceiba pentandra
ENKAPOK TREE
YOỌ̀gbùngbùn
ESLa Ceiba
No Amplification
Plant0003
AMBARINA
Abelmoschus esculentus
ENMUSK OKRA
YOÌlásadò
ESAbelmosco
Public
Plant0004
AROMA AMARILLA U OLOROSA
Acacia farnesiana
ENSWEET ACACIA
YOBọ́nní
ESAroma
Public
Plant0005
CEBOLLA
Allium cepa
ENONION
YOAlùbọ́sà kẹ́tà
Elder Initiated
Plant0006
SABILA
Aloe spp.
ENALOE
YOÌpà
Public
Plant0007
BLEDO ESPINOSO
Amaranthus spinosus
ENSPINY AMARANTH
YOTẹ́tẹ́ oyìbó
No Amplification
Plant0008
BLEDO BLANCO
Amaranthus viridis
ENSLENDER AMARANTH
YOTẹ́tẹ́ ńlá
ESBledo
Initiated Only
Plant0009
BAGA
Annona glabra
ENPOND APPLE
YOÀfẹ́
ESBaga
No Amplification
Plant0010
GUANABANA
Annona muricata
ENSOURSOP
YOẸ̀kọ́ ọmọde
Community Only
Plant0011
MANI
Arachis hypogaea
ENPEANUT
YOÒrórẹ́ ẹ̀pàdà
Elder Initiated
Plant0012
CARDO SANTO
Argemone mexicana
ENPRICKLY POPPY
YOẸ̀kànnà ẹkùn
Community Only
Plant0013
ROMERILLO
Bidens pilosa
ENBEGGAR'S TICKS
YOAgáràn mọ́yàn
Public
Plant0014
BIJA
Bixa orellana
ENARNOTTO TREE
YOỌ̀ṣun elẹ́dẹ̀
EScacicuto Bijaguara
No Access
Plant0015
SESO VEGETAL
Blighia sapida
ENAKEE
YOÌṣín ọ̀dàn
ESarbol del seso.
Elder Initiated
Plant0016
PRODIGIOSA
Bryophyllum pinnatum
ENLIFE EVERLASTING
YOẸ̀rù òdúndún
EShoja
Public
Plant0017
GANDUL
Cajanus cajan
ENPIGEON PEA
YOỌ̀tìlì
ESGandua
No Amplification
Plant0018
ARBOL DE LA CERA
Calotropis procera
ENSOUTHERN BAYBERRY
YOBọ̀múbọ̀mú
ESArbol de sebo
No Amplification
Plant0019
AJI CHILE
Capsicum annuum
ENCAYENNE PEPPER
YOAta àbáláyé
No Amplification
Plant0020
FRUTABOMBA
Carica papaya
ENPAPAYA
YOÌṣígin
ESPapaya
Public
Plant0021
HEDIONDA
Cassia sp.
ENSICKLEPOD
YOÌòòṣì
ESHierba hedionda
Public
Plant0022
APASOTE
Chenopodium ambrosioides
ENMEXICAN TEA
YOÌmì ìyìn
ESBiengranada
No Amplification
Plant0023
NARANJA AGRIA
Citrus aurantium
ENbitter orange | sour orange | and sweet orange
YOÒròmbó mùmù
ESNaranja agria
Initiated Only
Plant0024
LIMON
Citrus sp.
ENLEMON
YOỌ̀sàn
No Access
Plant0025
COCOTERO
Cocos nucifera
ENCOCONUT
YOÀgbọn
ESCocotero
No Amplification
Plant0026
ESQUENATO
Cymbopogon citratus
ENLEMON GRASS
YOÌṣọ́kọ̀
EScaña de la Meca.
No Amplification
Plant0027
YERBA LECHOSA
Euphorbia hirta
ENASTHMA WEED
YOẸ̀gẹ́lẹ́
ESYerba lechera Teta de vieja.
Initiated Only
Plant0028
MARPACIFICO
Hibiscus sp.
ENHIBISCUS
YOManíjẹ̀
ESBorrachona
Community Only
Plant0029
BONIATO
Ipomoea batatas
ENSWEET POTATOE
YOÀnámọ́ yàyà
Initiated Only
Plant0030
PIÑON DE BOTIJA
Jatropha curcas
ENPHYSIC NUT
YOEwé ìbọ̀
ESPiñón de botija, piñon de cercas
Public
Plant0031
YUCA
Manihot esculenta
ENCASSABA
YOẸ̀gẹ́
Community Only
Plant0032
CUNDEAMOR
Momordica charantia
ENBITTER MELON
YOẸ̀jìnrìn wẹ́wẹ́
ESCundeamor
Public
Plant0033
PLATANO
Musa paradisiaca
ENBANANA / PLAINTAIN
YOỌ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dídì
ESPlatano macho
Public
Plant0034
ALBAHACA ANISADA
Ocimum basilicum
ENBASIL
YOẸ̀fínrín ajá
Public
Plant0035
YERBA DE GUINEA
Panicum maximum
ENGUINEAGRASS
YOẸ̀rù ọ̀párùn
ESGuinea gigante.
Public
Plant0036
AZUCARITO
Paullinia pinnata
ENBREAD-AND-CHEESE
YOLágọ́lágọ́
ESBejuco
Public
Plant0037
YERBA DE LA PLATA
Peperomia pellucida
ENSHINY BUSH
YORínrín
ESYerba de la plata
Public
Plant0038
ANAMU
Petiveria alliacea
ENGUINEA HEN WEED
YOOjúsàjú
ESNamu
Public
Plant0039
GUAYABA
Psidium guajava
ENGUAVA
YOGúàfà
ESGuayabo
Community Only
Plant0040
PISCUALA
Quisqualis indica
ENRANGOON CREEPER
YOỌ̀gàn funfun
No Amplification
Plant0041
HIGUERETA
Ricinus communis
ENCASTOR BEAN
YOÌlárùn
ESPalmachristi
No Amplification
Plant0042
AJONJOLI
Sesamum indicum
ENSESAME SEED
YOẸ̀kú gógóró
Public
Plant0043
MALVA DE COCHINOS
Sida rhombifolia
ENJELLY LEAF
YOÌfín
Public
Plant0044
PENDEJERA
Solanum torvum
ENTURKEY BERRY
YOÌkàn wẹ́wẹ́
ESPrendedera.
Elder Initiated
Plant0045
ESPIGELIA
Spigelia anthelmia
ENPINKROOT
YOEwé àrán
ESYerba lombricera.
Community Only
Plant0046
JOBO
Spondias mombin
ENHUG PLUM
YOOlóṣàn
ESJobito
Community Only
Plant0047
TAMARINDO
Tamarindus indica
ENTAMARIND
YOÀjàgbọn
ESTamarindo
Public
Plant0048
OFON
Vitex doniana
ENBLACK PLUM
YOÒrì ọ̀dàn
ESOfón
Community Only
Plant0049
PIMIENTA DE GUINEA
Xylopia aethiopica
ENGUINEA PEPPER
YOẸ̀rùn-jẹ̀
Public
Plant0050
MAIZ
Zea mays
ENMAIZE
YOẸ̀gún
No Amplification