Cordyline

  • Filed As

    Asparagaceae
    Cordyline

  • Collector(s)

    P. Raynor 14, 08 Mar 2001

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Madolenihmw (Mun.). Sounpeiei, Kepirohi.

  • Habitat

    Agroforest.

  • Description

    Shrub 2m tall; stem 3cm in diameter.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 192692

    Occurrence ID: 7c6be645-19a0-4f75-8976-069325af18e8

  • 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

    dihng weitahta

  • Language
    Pohnpeian
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Asparagales

  • Family

    Asparagaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cordyline
    Note: Cordyline moved to Laxmanniaceae- filed under Agavaceae in Herb.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Madolenihmw (Mun.)

  • Locality

    Sounpeiei, Kepirohi

  • Coordinates

    6.845, 158.305

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1000

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    OTHER SOCIOCULTURAL USES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Other Sociocultural Uses)

  • Level 3 Use

    Charm

  • Use Notes

    When the Pohnpeians build a concrete house, they usually ask for help from the community or other villagers in constructing a building, especially when setting the concrete floor and roof. So this is when black magicians would use spiritual words to a wood or small stone and put it in the concrete to make the construction incomplete, and if its construction is complete the foreman of the construction will die

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