Boehmeria platyphylla D.Don

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  North Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, North Tanna, Green Hill area, Nusemetu Conservation Area.

• Elevation

  Alt. 404 m. (1325 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.3919, 169.295

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Tom A. Ranker #2304
N.\.Noh [Naka]
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fruit When this plant is in fruit, Ipomoea batatas
is said to be ready for harvest. Sweet potato gen-
erally takes 3 months to harvest from planting
time.
Source: Jimmy Nakapue Asim (m, 50), Yesua Nakapue (F,
54), Tom Johnson (m, 38), Chessie Church (f, 16), Samson
Jimmy Nakapue (M, 15), Greg Matai (m, ii)
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Urticaceae)
Boehmeria platyphylla Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. North Tanna,
Green Hill area, Nusemetu Conservation Area.
S 19° 23’ 30.9"; E 169° IT 43.0"; 404 m elev.
DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Tom A. Ranker, #2304	November 15,2014
Gregory M. Plunkett, Marika Tuiwawa, Chanel Sam, R.
Sean Thackurdeen, Frazer Alo, Jimmy Nakapue Asim,
Yesua Nakapue, Chessie Church, Samson Jimmy
Nakapue, Greg Matai
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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