Asplenium nidus L.

  • Filed As

    Aspleniaceae
    Asplenium nidus L.

  • Collector(s)

    J. Bee 41 with James Dunham, Jon Stafford, Aug 2001

  • Location

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

  • Habitat

    Sandy location by road.

  • Description

    Fern. Epiphytic. Leaves tightly pressed to each other at base in an open bowl-shaped rosette. Circular outline to plant when viewed from above, 190cm diameter. Leaves green with dark brown midrib which fades to green 4/5 of way towards tip.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 194737

    Occurrence ID: cf79d150-443c-44fd-b13e-e02f213b688d

  • Related Publications

    [Book] Balick, Michael J. 2009. Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture. xi, 585.
    LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2008031255

  • Local Name

    tehnlik

  • Language
    Pohnpeian
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Polypodiales

  • Family

    Aspleniaceae

  • All Determinations

    Asplenium nidus L.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Kitti (Mun.)

  • Locality

    Nanmand Village

  • Elevation

    Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    6.8251, 158.169

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1000

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Pain

  • Use Notes

    New shoots used to treat abdominal or uterine pain in both men and women . Other symptoms are dizziness, and a feeling of spinning and closing of eyes.

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Pain

  • Use Notes

    Used to treat , when a woman has pain just below her stomach. Men also get this, but women more often, especially when carrying heavy things or sitting in water for a long time. The purpose of this medicine is to make the pain go away and make the stomach settle.

  • Level 1 Use

    MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

  • Use Notes

    Used to tie yams to carrying pole so that they can be taken to a funeral, welcome party, or birthday party.

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Pain

  • Use Notes

    Used to treat women with severe pain in the abdomen that arises from movement of the womb caused by excessive exercise. The people who told us about the sickness described it by saying, " Two hard things facing each other sometimes collapse together and hurt very much." The sickness is called .

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