Tapeinosperma netor Guillaumin

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Vanuatu

  • State/Province

    Tafea

  • County/Municipio

    Whitesands Tanna Area Council

  • Locality

    Tanna Island, Southeast Tanna, Imaki area.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 143 m. (469 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -19.6042, 169.457

  • Distribution

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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Primulaceae)
Tapeinosperma netor Guillaumin
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southeast
Tanna, Imaki area.
S 19° 36’ 15.1";.E 169° 27’ 24.9"; 143 melev.
Treelet, 4 m tall. Flowers and inflorescence axes red.
Growing in disturbed rain forest along the Nuip River, c.
600 m E of Imaki. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #3386	April 30,2016
Marika Tuiwawa, Jean-Pascal Wahe, Samuel Herwaen
Kemah, Philemon Ala, Raymond Namri Namri
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Gregory M. Plunkett #3386
N.V. Nekewai Reya [Nafe]
stem Young stems of this plant are used to fash-
ion the shaft of a fishing or hunting spear.
Source: Sam Natou (m, 55), Sam Nauka (m, 50), Philip Wahe
(M, 60+)
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH