E. U. I. Etuk ¹, M. M. Bassey ¹, D. C. Ekpenyong ¹, I. O. Ibiong ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwaibom, NG

Abstract

The leafy vegetables, Portulaca oleracea and Asystasla gangetica, grow as wild weeds in many parts of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria (latitudes 4°32' and 5°53' North: and longitudes 7°25' and 8°25' East). The former is locally called "utong ekpu", meaning field mouse ears, to which the leaf shapes bear close resemblance.

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