Alpinia

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  South West Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, Yenhup Village

• Elevation

  Alt. 308 m. (1010 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5856, 169.346

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Zingiberaceae)
Alpinia
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, Yenhup Village.
S 19° 35’ 08" ; E 169° 20’ 45" ; 308 m elev.
Shrub to 3 m tall, flowers white on the outside with
yellow/red corolla inside. DNA, digital image.
Duplicates: 5.
Michael J. Balick, #4758	December 4,2015
R. Sean Thackurdeen, Philemon Ala, Frazier Alo,
Thomas J. Doro, Leo Feimaga, Samuel Herwaen
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Michael J. Balick #4758
N.V. Sanit [Nawai]
leaf The leaves are used for medicine. Squeeze
leaf, drink liquid when a person has bad dreams.
Drink 1.5 1 the morning after you have a bad
dream and have it all day for 4 days straight, 1.5 1
starting in the morning and throughout the day.
There will be no more bad dreams-usually for
anxiety based dreams, walking on a clifff, see-
ing the devil, etc. these dreams will abate after a
person consumes the liquid from this plant.
flower Flowers used to decorate the area for a ?
big event such as a wedding or church.
leaf The leaf is also used to thatch traditional
houses on the top of the ridge, in between the co-
conut leaves.
Source: Jean Iaruwaing (m,60), Kang Mariros (f,49), Easter
Samuel (f, 24), Sula Nako (f, 57)
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