Pollia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Vanuatu

  • State/Province

    Tafea

  • County/Municipio

    South West Tanna Area Council

  • Locality

    Tanna Island, around Yenhup and surrounding villages, in gardens and disturbed forests.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 274 m. (899 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -19.5892, 169.345

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

P*C.
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
new York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Commelinaceae)
Follia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh. f.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, around Yenhup and surrounding villages, in
gardens and disturbed forests.
Gregory M. Plunkett #2926 ^ 19° 35’ 21.1"; E 169° 20’ 41.5"; 274 m elev.
N.V. Nerang Naviren [Neuai]
unspecified part Used in a unspecified manner
by the Tupunas (traditional Garden magicians)
during the times of planting and at the time of
harvest.
Source: David Kapwia (m, 39), Joseph Dabuah (M.55),
Tupun Alexis (M, 36)
Herb, 1 m tall. Fruits purple-black. Growing in bamboo
thicket in dense forest near ridge of steep slope that leads
to stream. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #2926	June 26,2014
Tom Ranker, Chanel Sam, R. Sean Thackurdeen, Kate
Armstrong, Frazer Alo, Alexis Tupun, Samuel, David
Kapwia
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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