Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl

• 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

New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
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The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Michael J. Balick #4&44
N.V. Naris [Narak]
stem To make a broom, tie the stems together,
dry and use to sweep floors and around the house.
Source: Numalin Mahana (f, 6i), Moses Mahana (m, 62)
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Verbenaceae)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. East Tanna,
White Sands.
S 19° 29’ 59"; E 169° 26’ 45"; 76 m elev.
Herb to 50 cm tall, flowers blue. DNA, digital image.
Duplicates: 6.
Michael J. Balick, #4844	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.
03509443