Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  Whitesands Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, East Tanna, White Sands

• Elevation

  Alt. 76 m. (249 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.4997, 169.446

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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NEW YORK BOTANjCAL GARDEN
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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Michael J. Balick #4839
N.V. Ikigauag [Narak]
leaf When a person is sick and has lost the taste
for food, often occurring with a sore throat, take
a pile of these leaves and put them in a kettle and
boil. Drink 1 cup hot, 2x daily for 3-5 days. This
reduces the swelling in the throat and a person
can taste food again.
leaf Steam cook the leaves and add them to
cooked manioc roots for a traditional island meal.
Source: Numalin Mahana (F, 6i), Moses Mahana (M, 62)
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Asteraceae)
Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. East Tanna,
White Sands.
S 19° 29’ 59"; E 169° 26’ 45"; 76 m elev.
Herb to 1 m, flowers orange. DNA, digital image.
Duplicates: 6.
Michael J. Balick, #4839	December 7,2015
Gregory M. Plunkett, R. Sean Thackurdeen, Jean Pascal
Wahe, Thomas J. Dovo, Leo Feimaga, Philemon Ala,
Frazier Alo
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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