Cerbera manghas L.

• 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
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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Apocynaceae)
Cerbera manghas L.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, Yenhup Village.
S 19° 35’ 08"; E 169° 20’ 45"; 308 m elev.
Tree 10 m tall, dbh 12 cm, flowers white and stem, has
white sap. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Michael J. Balick, #4778	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.
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Michael J. Balick #4778
N.V. Nukariag [Nawai]
exudate Children try to catch birds using this
species. Take the sap from the stem and cover all
of a stick that is about 20 cm. long with several
layers of the sap until the stick is quite adhesive.
Then insert the stick into a ripe banana on a tree
or a papaya-when a bird sits on the stick to feed
on the fruit then it gets stuck and can’t fly away.
Children climb the tree and grab the bird.
stem The wood is strong and can be used to
make house posts.
Source: Jean Iaruwaing (m.60), Kang Mariros (f,49), Easter
Samuel (F, 24), Sula Nako (f, 57)
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