Faradaya lehuntei (Horne) A.C.Sm.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  South West Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.

• Elevation

  Alt. 578 m. (1896 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5857, 169.369

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: pvnh
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Gregory M. Plunkett #2889
N.V. Manuhapam [Neuai]
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leaf When preparing laplap (a traditional food
made of grounded root tubers) it is customary to
wrap the food in two layers of leaves before plac-
ing in a fire or ground oven. The first laplap made
after ceremonial taro harvest includes this leaf as
an exterior wrapper.
Source: David Kapwia (M, 39), Joseph Dabuah (m, 55),
Tupun Alexis cm, 36)
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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Lamiaceae)
Faradaya lehuntei (Home ex Baker) A.C. Sm.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.
S 19° 35’ 08.4"; E 169° 22’ 07.8"; 578 m elev.
Liana. Flowers white. Growing close to top of canopy.
DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #2889	June 25,2014
Tom Ranker, Chanel Sam, Jean-Pascal Wahe, R. Sean
Thackurdeen, Kate Armstrong, Laurence Ramon, Frazer
Alo, Alexis Tupun, David Kapwia, Joseph Dabauh
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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