Pronephrium rubrinerve (Mett. ex Kuhn) Holttum

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  South West Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, in forest near Yenasur, along ridge to Mount Tukosmera.

• Elevation

  Alt. 247 m. (810 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5856, 169.343

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Thelypteridaceae)
Pronephrium
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Tom A. Ranker #2330
N.V. Manaper-Abum [Neuai]
leaf A frond of this plant is used as a wrapping
when cooking laplap—a traditional food made of
grated tubers. Before the laplap is placed in a
ground oven to cook, it is first wrapped in an-
other leaf. This leaf is then placed over the first
wrapping as a secondary wrapper.
Source: John Pasua (M, 55), Alexis Tupun cm, 36), Alick
Nauka (M, 35), Samuel Herwaen (M, 29), Albert Andre cm, 26)
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, in forest near Yenasur, along ridge to Mount
Tukosmera.
S 19° 35’ 08.2"; E 169° 20’ 33.7”; 247 m elev.
Terrestrial, leaves 3 m long, 1 pinnate, petiole 1.5 m long,
along streambed. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Tom A. Ranker, #2330	November 20,2014
Gregory M. Plunkett, Marika Tuiwawa, Chanel Sam, R.
Sean Thackurdeen, Frazer Alo, John Pasua, Alexis
Tupun, Alick Nauka, Samuel Herwaen, Albert Andre
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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