Bambusa

  • Filed As

    Poaceae
    Bambusa

  • Collector(s)

    P. Raynor 130, 14 Aug 2003

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Madolenihmw: Pohnpaip, Kepirohi.

  • Description

    Tree, 20m tall, stem 8-10cm diameter, spores brownish. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 205037

    Occurrence ID: ae40a0fb-3968-4735-b44f-6095f024df39

  • Related Objects

    Specimen - 205192, P. Raynor 130, Bambusa, Poaceae (34.0), Magnoliophyta;

  • 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

    pehri

  • Language
    Pohnpeian
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • All Determinations

    Bambusa det D. H. Lorence, Mar 2005

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • Locality

    Madolenihmw: Pohnpaip, Kepirohi

  • Elevation

    Alt. 29 m. (95 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    6.84518, 158.304

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Genitourinary System Effects/Disorders

  • Level 3 Use

    Contraceptive

  • Use Notes

    Medicine to stop a woman from getting pregnant.

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The Hew York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
OpinwEttd Pohnpei Records (IEB)
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Poaceae
Bambusa
det. D. H. Lorenc^ Mar 2005
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Madolenihmw:
Pohnpaip, KepirohL
06°50,42”N, 158°18T5"E
94 ft.
Tree, 20m tall, stem 8-1 Ocm diameter, spores brownish.
N.V. pehri [Pohnpeian]
shoot	Contraceptive.	Medicine	to	stop	a woman
from getting pregnant. Take two shoots,
pound and eat. This treatment is repeated
every day for eight days
Participant: Polihna Alaty: Pohnpei. Female.
14 Aug 2003
P. Raynor 130
NYdb
00205037