Davallia pycnocarpa Brack.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  South West Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.

• Elevation

  Alt. 552 m. (1811 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5799, 169.364

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

• Level 1 Use

  MEDICINES

• Use Notes

  used for male sexual health

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BOTANICAL
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The Flora of Vanuatu
(Davalliaceae)
Scyphularia pycnocarpa Copel.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.
S 19° 34’ 47.8"; E 169° 21’ 51.7"; 552 m elev.
Epiphyte. Leaves dimorphic. Growing in dense forest.
DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 2.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #2869	June 24,2014
Tom Ranker, Chanel Sam, Jean-Pascal Wahe, R. Sean
Thackurdeen, Kate Armstrong, Laurence Ramon, Frazer
Alo, Alexis Tupun, Jerome Neru Iarapat, David Kapwia
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 #2869
N.V. Nukuk [Neuai]
stem The rhizome is used to prepare a tonic con-
sumed by males after intercourse with menstru-
ating female. Large diameter rhizome, 2 cm. in
length, is split and scraped into a green Nukura
leaf (unspecified). Add some water (as long as
medicine retains color) and drink. This drink is
consumed once before the first urination follow-
ing intercourse.
Source: Tupun Alexis (m, 36), Nasuar Madeline Tacknik (F,
59), Iarapat Jerome Neru (M, 39)