Elaeocarpus subglobosus Merr.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  West Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island. Yakel Village (c. 7.5 km direct distance E of Lenakel).

• Elevation

  Alt. 387 m. (1270 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5428, 169.334

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Michael J. Balick #4703
N.V. Namlieul [Nahual]
bole This is a soft wood that is used to make the
hull of traditional canoes.
fruit Birds enjoy this fruit. Hunters, knowing
this, station themselves near the fruiting trees to
hunt them. The flying fox also loves this fruit and
eats from the tree.
Source: Jimmy Iauimam (m, 4i), Toata Rupii (60), Toata
Nalpalep (45)
P#C*
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Elaeocarpaceae)
Elaeocarpus cf. angustifolius Blume
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. West Tanna,
Yakel Village (c. 7.5 km direct distance E of Lenakel).
S 19° 32’ 34.1"; E 169° 20’ 04.0"; 387 m elev.
Tree to 30 m, dbh 1.5 m, fruits green, turning purple.
Growing in disturbed forest. DNA, digital image.
Duplicates: 6.
Michael J. Balick, #4703	June 12,2014
Gregory M. Plunkett, Kate Armstrong, R. Sean
Thackurdeen, Jean-Pascal Wahe
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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