Cyperus

• 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. 310 m. (1017 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5855, 169.347

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Cyperaceae)
Cyperus
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, in forest near Yenasur, along ridge to Mount
Tukosmera.
S 19° 35’ 07.9"; E 169° 20’ 49.5"; 310 m elev.
Digital image. Duplicates: 5.
Tom A. Ranker, #2349	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.
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Tom A. Ranker #2349
stem When a woman is pregnant, should she de-
sire to know the sex of her child, this plant is con-
sulted. Two people will split the end of a green
stem of this plant and pull apart. If the seams pull
completely apart, the child is said to be a male.
If it does not come apart, the child is said to be a
female.
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
Source: John Pasua (m, 55), Alexis Tupun (m, 36), Alick
Nauka (M, 35), Samuel Herwaen (M, 29), Albert Andre (m, 26)
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