Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A.Juss.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Vanuatu

  • State/Province

    Tafea

  • County/Municipio

    North Tanna Area Council

  • Locality

    Tanna Island, North Tanna, Green Hill area, Nusemetu Conservation Area.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 404 m. (1325 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -19.3919, 169.295

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

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The Flora of Vanuatu
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Tom A. Ranker #2306
N.V. Niaput [Naka]
entire plant Used as a shelter crop for garden
plants (Taro, Banana, Yam). Food crops are
planted first, then this plant is sowed afterward.
Source: Jimmy Nakapue Asim (M, so), Yesua Nakapue (f,
54), Tom Johnson (M, 38), Chessie Church (f, 16), Samson
Jimmy Nakapue (M, 15), Greg Matai <m, ii)
(Euphorbiaceae)
Codiaeum cf. variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A. Juss.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. North Tanna,
Green Hill area, Nusemetu Conservation Area.
S 19° 23’ 30.9"; E 169° 17’ 43.0"; 404 m elev.
Tree ca. 5 m tall. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 2.
Tom A. Ranker, #2306	November 15,2014
Gregory M. Plunkett, Marika Tuiwawa, Chanel Sam, R.
Sean Thackurdeen, Frazer Alo, Jimmy Nakapue Asim,
Yesua Nakapue, Chessie Church, Samson Jimmy
Nakapue, Greg Matai
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
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