Flagellaria indica L.

Filed As

Flagellariaceae
Flagellaria indica L.
Collector(s)

J. Bee 9 with James Dunham, Jon Stafford, Jul 2001
Location

Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Kitti (Mun.). Nanmand Village.
Habitat

Path side, gap area, forest.
Description

Scrambling herb, no woody tissue, multiple stems arise from ground and reach 10m in length. Mostly unbranched stems but fork occasionally. Leaves alternate, distichous. Mature fruits scarlet, immature fruits green, 1cm diameter, borne at stem apex.
Identifiers

NY Barcode: 194750

Occurrence ID: 5ceb7ff5-0305-4d3f-8779-dccde8c15197
Related Publications

[Book] Balick, Michael J. 2009. Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture. xi, 585.
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2008031255
[Article] Herrera, Katherine, et al. 2010. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with Local Names and Uses. Allertonia. 10: 1-192.
Local Name

idahnwel
Language
Pohnpeian

Level 1 Use
MEDICINES
Level 2 Use
Ill-Defined Symptoms
Use Notes
Used to cure babies who get shocked by a loud noise. Local sickness name called . Symptoms are baby looking wide-eyed and startled when it should be going to sleep, and a sinking down of the front part of the baby's skull.
Level 1 Use
MEDICINES
Level 2 Use
Mental Effects/Disorders
Level 3 Use
Antidepressant
Use Notes
Used to make the medicine . Magic to make happy, to stop people thinking about a loved one who has abandoned them, like a wife running away. Used to prevent stress.
Level 1 Use
MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS
Level 2 Use
Wood
Use Notes
Used as a roofing material
Level 1 Use
MEDICINES
Level 2 Use
Mental Effects/Disorders
Level 3 Use
Other Mental disorders/effects
Use Notes
is used in a medicine for soul shock.
Level 1 Use
OTHER SOCIOCULTURAL USES
Level 2 Use
Unspecified (Other Sociocultural Uses)
Use Notes
Used to make people not annoyed or mad at you in dance competition and more.

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