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Igbo-Olodumare Sacred Grove
Oke-Igbo, Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria
Nigeria
Active but encroached
Single grove
- Location
- Oke-Igbo, Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria
- Coordinates
- ~7.18°N 4.74°E
- Elevation
- 40 m
- Size
- ~7 ha
- Age / Founded
- Traditional (Yoruba)
- Status
- Active but encroached
- Deity & Religion
- Olodumare (Yoruba supreme deity); Yoruba religion
- Community & Guardians
- Local Yoruba community
- Vernacular name
- Igbó / Oró grove
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Worship; healing, protection, tourism; lower sacredness → encroachment
Plant species
Rainforest grove: >400 plant species (~200 of high conservation value)
Biome & fauna
Lowland rainforest
Threats & protection
Local cultural site only (weak formal protection); encroachment; low-sacredness erosion
Source
Onyekwelu & Olusola 2014, (J. Tropical Forest Science) — Role of sacred grove in in-situ biodiversity conservation, SW Nigeria; Adeyanju 2020 (UBC MSc thesis)