Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

  • Collector(s)

    M. J. Balick 4126 with Petring Albert, Daniel Balick, Roberta Lee, 17 Aug 2000

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Madolenihmw (Mun.). Agroforestry plot.

  • Description

    Herb to 40cm; tubers swollen; petioles red; leaves green.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 192381

    Occurrence ID: 6585eba8-8d72-4b35-bc70-7cc76e436b6e

  • Related Publications

    [Book] Balick, Michael J. 2009. Ethnobotany of Pohnpei. xi, 585.

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  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Madolenihmw (Mun.)

  • Locality

    Agroforestry plot

  • Coordinates

    6.8833, 158.283

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IMAGED
BOTANICAL
00192381
RBORTAHY REIDENTIFICATION OFTHJSVOJK^R
TO THE WSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
The New York Botanical Garden
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
No. 4126
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Araceae
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Madolenihmw
Municipality: Agroforestry plot. 06°53\0229"N, 158°17\503"E.
Herb to 40cm; tubers swollen; petioles red; leaves green. N.V. Sawa
[Pohnpeian]
tubers
Comestible. Boil and eat.
M. J. Balick & Petring Albert, Daniel Balick, Roberta Lee
17 Aug 2000
Supported by the Gildea Foundation
00192381