Aceratium oppositifolium DC.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  Whitesands Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, Southeast Tanna, Imaki area.

• Elevation

  Alt. 146 m. (479 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.6037, 169.457

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

• Level 1 Use

  MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

• Use Notes

  houses

• Level 1 Use

  FUELS/LUMINARIES

New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: pvnh
nH
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Gregory M. Plunkett #3381
N.V. Naprapira [Nafe]
stem The wood is use to make posts for tradi-
tional houses.
stem The wood is hard and thus used as a fire-
wood.
Source: Sam Natou (m, 55), Sam Nauka (m, so), Philip Wahe
(M, 60+)
fV*c
n*
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Elaeocarpaceae)
Aceratium oppositifolium DC.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southeast
Tanna, Imaki area.
S 19° 36’ 13.4"; E 169° IT 26.6"; 146 m elev.
Tree, 12 m tall. Flowers white, fruits reddish. Growing
in disturbed rain forest c. 600 m E of Imaki (upland from
the Nuip River). DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #3381	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.
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