eaten in Yorubaland unless the person making it has some exposure to Igbo eg Igbo friends or associates perhaps.

Armaggedon:
One Yoruba guy pronounced pumpkin leaf as ugwu. I corrected him telling its ugu not ugwu. This fool asked me if I had any right to teach him Yoruba. I told its an Igbo word not Yoruba but he end by saying ugwu is the Yoruba name while ugu is the Igbo name. This people are petty, arrogant, so sectional, rigid and not open to see the world in another perspective.

If an older man didn't rebuke him he would be among those rewriting history telling those who care to listen that pumpkin leaf is called ugwun in Yoruba before Igbo's corrupted it.

bigfrancis21:


Yea I noticed quite many Yorubas pronounce and spell Ugu as 'Ugwu' which is an aberration. Second, going by the 'Ugwu' pronunciation, the double consonant 'gw' does not exist in Yoruba language/alphabet and is second evidence that it is a borrowed word.

The right spelling is 'ugu' with rising and mid tones.

Efo Igbo means the vegetable of the Igbos.

So please quit badmouthing people over irrelevancies.

Do what works for you and let others do what works for them. It's not everything you should be catching feelings over.

I don't know where the above interactions occurred but it's most likely Igboland I'm guessing. In the southwest, Yorubas are not familiar with this product in their cuisine.

More on Efo Igbo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telfairia_occidentalis

It's eaten by Igbo and south south people.

Efo Igbo is not ugu ooooooo

Go to Yoruba vegetable market and ask for it.

Proudly yoruba

This is the leaf:




https://www.sunnewsonline.com/vegetable-sellers-blame-hike-in-ugwu-price-on-flood/

Sun news is an Igbo owned newspaper.

The cooked product is typically darker than most other vegetables, which is why it's strange to Yoruba cooking because most of our vegetables tend to be light (bitter leaf is an exception). It also doesn't have the smoother texture Yorubas prefer in their cooking. It's more similar to cassava leaf.

okomile:
Efo Igbo is not ugu ooooooo

Go to Yoruba vegetable market and ask for it.

Proudly yoruba

I scanned your posts and you don't seem Yoruba.

Possibly you have non-Yoruba orientation if at all your claim is to be believed.

nlPoster:


Marrying or dating a non Yoruba?

Kindly stay off the thread so you don't derail it.

Bros

Freedom of speech

Take it or leave it

Unnecessary

On Ugwu:

It's very common in Lagos markets (together with periwinkle), this is because the demand there is higher, some Yorubas might also try periwinkle occasionally, but it's not a traditionally Yoruba cuisine. We eat regular snail.

You can also get coconut and cassava, together with native pear, these are traditional Igbo snacks available in Lagos. Yorubas don't eat the coconut/cassava so much, the taste is unfamiliar. African pears are eaten by Yoruba.

This is African pear



I think it's taken either raw or cooked, in the southwest.

Ugu or Ugwu.....who even cares about Ipob Jargons poisonous leaf/soup

Yoruba vegetable stew. You can see the lighter texture of the leaves both in colour and density:




When it's too dark, that means it's overcooked and this affects the taste (not fresh). Unlike the Igbo version where the tougher leaves need to cook longer.

tyup:
Ugu or Ugwu.....

The correct spelling is Ugwu in my opinion, it probably became Ugu after Nigeria started shipping the leaf to the US.

I remember that made news some years ago.

2special:
Unnecessary

Very necessary.

Those of you dating Igbos or other non Yoruba Nigerians, doing business with them, or whatever type of relationship you have with other tribes, that doesn't mean you have to be jumpy every time a discussion of Yoruba culture comes up. Just ignore, it's not about you.

If your partner is uncomfortable with Yoruba discussions, then stay away but you should not ask other people to do the same.

Ugwu/Ugu also does well when added to yam pottage or yam porridge in miniscule quantities. This is because the leaf texture holds firm with the longer cooking time.

eg

That's regular veggies, not ugwu/ugu but you get my point.

Yam porridge with Ugwu/Ugu:



https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/3761934-my-yam-pottage-as-agreed-on-the-cookpad-whatsapp-group

All photos from web.

Please right click image to view sources if there are no watermarks.

ordinary vegetable have started sectionalizing some people here.

$5 million worth of estimated sales is why.

https://www.nairaland.com/3266093/5-million-anambra-ugu-exports

The name "eweroko" which some sources say is the Yoruba name for Ugwu/Ugu, might not be widely known.

"Efo Igbo" I think has more recognition.

Thread title modified.

nlPoster:


The correct spelling is Ugwu in my opinion, it probably became Ugu after Nigeria started shipping the leaf to the US.

I remember that made news some years ago.

heard the combo with milk, Honey and maltina gives blood

What is OP saying??
Who calls it Efo igbo??

What we know here is Ugwu

Efo igbo is different from Ugwu

Efo igbo is African Egg Plant leaf

1st pics is ugwu

Efo igbo is 2nd pics

Sammy07:
Efo igbo is different from Ugwu

Efo igbo is African Egg Plant leaf

1st pics is ugwu

Efo igbo is 2nd pics

I'm not sure if you're saying Yoruba don't eat/know African egg plant or you just want to derail the thread.

Why would Yorubas call egg plant leaf efo Igbo? Eggplant is Igba.

Efo Igbo is used for tonic (according to google). I'm not sure if it's also used in party cooking, it's either that or the egg plant leaf.

For party cooking, it's cheaper perhaps and sold in bulk quantities so that would make it more convenient and cost effective. Also, the longer cooking time.

The reason many Yorubas would be confused by the term Ugwu/Ugu/Efo Igbo is because they don't know what it is. In the southwest, it's very common in Lagos. Not sure about other places.

Besides, there's a different pumpkin species normally eaten in Yorubaland. The name is very popular, let me think about it.

Ugwu/Ugu is fluted pumpkin, the Yoruba one is regular (Nigerian) pumpkin I think, hollow stem and very tasty but also doesn't hold up to long cooking because it looses it's taste and texture.

nlPoster:


I'm not sure if you're saying Yoruba don't eat/know African egg plant or if you just want to derail the thread.

Why would Yorubas call egg plant leaf efo Igbo? Eggplant is Igba.

Efo Igbo is used for tonic (according to google). I'm not sure if it's also used in party cooking, it's either that or the egg plant leaf.

For party cooking, it's cheaper perhaps and sold in bulk quantities so that would make it more convenient and cost effective. Also, the longer cooking time.

The reason many Yorubas would be confused by the term Ugwu/Ugu/Efo Igbo is because they don't know what it is. In the southwest, it's very common in Lagos. Not sure about other places.

Ugwu is common in south west.

Efo igbo is not.