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Gongronema latifolium

organism / organism-gongronema-latifolium

ウタジ

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Short definition

A vine in the Apocynaceae family distributed in West and Central Africa. In southeastern Nigeria its leaves are called utazi and used in cooking as an aromatic spice.

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Other names: utazi (ig)

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utazi leaves →is prepared from→ Gongronema latifolium

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Composition and content (1)

utazi leaves is prepared from Gongronema latifoliumsupported

Scope: Utazi leaves from southeastern Nigeria

Note: Connects the scientific name, local name, and edible part. The candidate 『苦味食材』 (in translation: "bitter ingredient") claim is kept separately, unverified for now.

Records Gongronema latifolium under the local name utazi and describes it as a leaf used in cooking.
Limitations: Not a paper whose primary purpose is botanical specimen identification or linguistic survey.
Source: Impact of cooking methods on the chemical and antioxidant composition of some indigenous vegetables used in different food dishes in Southeast Nigeria (Ukom A; Albert M; Ojimelukwe P; Offia-Olua B; Nwanagba L et al., 2023) · full text checked
Show dataingredient-utazi-leaves —is_prepared_from→ organism-gongronema-latifolium
claim: clm-utazi-from-gongronema / type: taxonomy / updated: 2026-08-31

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