Used in initiation, birth, death, and marriage ceremonies.
name collision
Overall health tonic, vitality support.
Legal/Justice
harvest protocol
Ritual Harvest (Offering Required)
Fever Reduction
Ewe Plant Record
Controlled vocabulary of ceremonial and spiritual applications.
Addresses spiritual and emotional dimensions of illness.
Offering/Devotion
Legal matters, court cases, justice.
Maceration (Cold Soak)
An archival record documenting a sacred plant within the Iroko Historical Society dataset. Subclass of Plant. Use this class for dataset instances; use iroko:Plant for abstract botanical entities and cross-module joins.
Applied directly to skin or affected area.
Quantity of a constituent plant in a preparation. Free-text to accommodate ritual number conventions (e.g. '21 leaves', '7 roots', 'a handful'). Attach to the PlantPreparation node, not to the Plant node directly.
Prepared as spiritual bath for immersion or washing.
Creates protective boundaries, shields from harm.
preparation instructions
General preparation method. Values: iroko:prep-infusion, iroko:prep-decoction, iroko:prep-bath, etc.
Requires Specific Time of Day
Cosmological/Symbolic
preparation method (detailed)
Consumed internally as tea, tonic, or food.
Cultivated
Supports reproductive health and fertility.
Grown intentionally in gardens or farms.
Complete instructions for assembling the PlantPreparation: order of addition, timing, incantations, quantities, and critical steps. Governed at initiated-only minimum; elder-initiated for consecrated preparations such as Omiero.
Applied to skin for rashes, irritation, wounds.
harvest protocol (detailed)
plant part
General Tonic
Soaked in cold water or oil for an extended period.
Leaf
Tincture/Alcohol
Medicinal or healing application of this plant. Values from controlled vocabulary: iroko:medicinal-fever-reduction, iroko:medicinal-digestive-support, etc.
Pain Relief
Deprecated plural form. Use iroko:collisionNote instead.
ritual notes (deprecated)
preparation method
Supports respiratory system, cough relief, asthma.
Resin
Commercial/Market
Herbarium catalog number or specimen identifier. Aligns with dwc:catalogNumber (see iroko-align-dwc).
process reference
Divination Enhancement
Methods and requirements for harvesting plants.
Boolean indicating if the same vernacular name refers to multiple distinct species.
Explanation of name collision: which plants share the name, how to distinguish, regional variations. Canonical singular form — use iroko:collisionNote, not iroko:collisionNotes.
Physical plant specimen preserved for documentation. Links botanical voucher to a plant record and archival photograph via iroko:documentsPlant and iroko:photographicVoucher. Darwin Core alignment: iroko:specimenNumber skos:exactMatch dwc:catalogNumber (declared in iroko-align-dwc).
Honors ancestors, facilitates ancestral connection.
Domination/Binding
Reduces fever, antipyretic properties.
Enhances divinatory abilities and spiritual sight.
Methods for preparing plant materials.
Sacred plant entity in Afro-Atlantic traditions. Adds ritual, medicinal, and access governance dimensions to botanical description. Darwin Core alignment (owl:equivalentClass dwc:Occurrence, skos:exactMatch dwc:Taxon) is declared in iroko-align-dwc.
Applied topically as paste or compress.
Plant Part Classification
Iroko Framework: Ewe Module (Sacred Plant Knowledge)
Seed
Purchased from commercial sources or markets.
Reduces inflammation and swelling.
Digestive Support
Method of harvesting: ritual vs. commercial, timing, offerings required. Values: iroko:harvest-ritual-offering-required, iroko:harvest-wildcrafted, iroko:harvest-cultivated, etc.
Links a PlantPreparation to each constituent Plant. A preparation may have multiple constituents. Use with iroko:constituentQuantity to record the quantity of each constituent.
Detailed harvest instructions: exact timing (dawn, dusk), direction (face east), quantities (3, 7, 9, 21), offerings required.
Sap
Infusion (Hot Water)
House/Space Blessing
Road Opening
Dried Bundle
Purification/Cleansing
Link to photographic documentation of this plant specimen. Aligns with dwc:associatedMedia (see iroko-align-dwc).
Herbarium Sheet
entity association
Love/Attraction
Opens paths, removes obstacles, facilitates opportunities.
Respiratory Support
Requires Specific Practitioner
Requires ritual protocol and offering to plant spirit before harvesting.
Wildcrafted (No Ritual)
Requires Offering to Plant Spirit
Divination sign that prescribes this plant. Links to Marca module.
Bark
Bulb
Spiritual entity (orisa, lwa, mpungu) associated with this plant. Links to Nkisi module.
has constituent
documents plant
collision notes (deprecated)
Domain module. Vocabulary for documenting sacred plant knowledge in Afro-Atlantic traditions. Provides ritual use governance over Darwin Core botanical data. Focus on medicinal and ritual applications, harvest protocols, preparation methods, and access control for operational knowledge. Use with iroko-epistemic to model harvest and preparation constraints; with iroko-travay for ceremony context in which plants are deployed. Darwin Core alignment declarations are in iroko-align-dwc.
Which part of the plant is used. Values: iroko:part-leaf, iroko:part-root, iroko:part-bark, etc.
Dried and ground into powder.
Free-text annotation on ritual or linguistic context not captured by controlled vocabulary. Includes etymology, geographic distribution notes, and cross-tradition observations. Canonical singular form — use iroko:ritualNote, not iroko:ritualNotes.
collision note
medicinal use
sign reference
Decoction (Boiled)
Burned as incense or smoke for cleansing.
Must be harvested during a specific moon phase.
Stem
Wash (Omiero/Lavage)
Offered to spirits as devotion or tribute.
Fruit
Flower
Postpartum recovery and maternal health.
Textual description of ceremonial use context.
Poultice/Compress
Dried and bundled for hanging or storage.
Harvest Protocol Classification
Extracted in alcohol or spirits.
Offering (water, coins, tobacco) must be left at plant base.
Attracts love and enhances relationships.
Powder (Afoche)
Ritual Use Classification
Links a HerbariumSheet voucher specimen to the Plant record it documents. Enables herbarium institution records to join to Iroko plant records.
contraindication
Invocation/Communication
Consecration
Facilitates communication with spirits and invocation.
Incantation-Only
Reproductive/Fertility
Funeral ceremonies and death transitions.
Pollen
Spiritual healing, restoration of balance.
Anti-Inflammatory
Prosperity/Abundance
Preparation Method Classification
Root
Healing/Restoration
Which part of the plant is used.
Topical Application
ritual note
constituent quantity
ritual context
Spiritual/Psychosomatic
Prepared as liquid wash for ritual bathing or anointing.
Blesses homes, workplaces, and sacred spaces.
Must be harvested by a practitioner with specific initiation.
Supports digestive system, relieves stomach issues.
photographic voucher
A prepared spiritual material combining specific plants with defined quantities and methods. Example: Omiero for Obatala (bath with 21 leaves of Akoko, Prodigiosa, Albahaca blanca). Constituent plants are linked via iroko:hasConstituent; quantities via iroko:constituentQuantity; full instructions via iroko:preparationInstructions (initiated-only).
Bath (Bano/Bain)
Protection/Boundary
Medicinal Use Classification
Fumigation (Sahumerio)
Safe for children, pediatric applications.
Ceremonial or spiritual application of this plant. Values: iroko:ritual-purification-cleansing, iroko:ritual-protection-boundary, etc.
Represents cosmological principles and symbolic meaning.
Plant Preparation
Requires Lunar Phase
Boiled to extract properties from harder plant parts.
Exact preparation instructions including timing, quantities, and critical steps.
Ritual process where this plant is used. Links to Travay module.
Must be harvested at dawn, dusk, midnight, etc.
Attracts wealth, prosperity, and abundance.
Skin/Topical
Consecrates objects, spaces, and persons.
Safety warnings: allergic reactions, pregnancy contraindications, toxic if ingested, etc.
Maternal/Postpartum
Plant
Promotes wound healing, tissue repair.
Used ritually with words or prayers but not physically prepared.
Steeped in hot water like tea.
specimen number
ritual use
Ingestion (Tea/Food)
Spiritual cleansing, removal of negative influences.
Ancestor Veneration
Controlled vocabulary of medicinal and healing applications.
Analgesic properties, relieves pain.
Rites of Transition
Death Rites
Harvested from wild without specific ritual protocol.
Binds, controls, or dominates situations or people.
Wound Healing
Pediatric
Whole Plant
Deprecated plural form. Use iroko:ritualNote instead.