Pronephrium rubrinerve (Mett. ex Kuhn) Holttum

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  North Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, North Tanna, Nusemetu Conservation Area.

• Elevation

  Alt. 236 m. (774 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.3864, 169.293

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

03509427
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¿Mm	New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Thelypteridaceae)
Pronephrium rubinerve (Mett. ex Kuhn.) Holttum
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. North Tanna,
Nusemetu Conservation Area.
S 19° 23’ 10.9"; E 169° 17’ 33.6"; 236 m elev.
Terrestrial; 1-pinnate leaves ca. 2.5 m long; petiole ca. 1
m; vascular bundle omega-shaped at base of petiole in
x-section. Common along river. DNA, digital image.
Duplicates: 6.
Tom A. Ranker, #2228	June 19,2014
Gregory M. Plunkett, Kate Armstrong, R. Sean
Thackurdeen, Chanel Sam, Laurence Ramon, Frazer
Alo, Jean-Pascal Wahe
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
dam	New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Tom A. Ranker #2228
N.V. Namnu [Naka]
leaf Leaves are used as a secondary wrapper
when baking laplap, a traditional food made of
grated root crops and cooked in an earth oven.
The common practice is to wrap the laplap twice.
This leaf is used as an outer wrapper.
Source: Johnny Nakabue (m, 32), Marie Kating Kew (f, 32),
Willie Nalin Nadikas <m, 39) Kating Kew Enauta (m, 70),
Numake Tom Kapalu (m, 57), Kuwau Tom Keuai (m, 60),
Nausan Kamsak (M, 48)