Polyscias cissodendron (C.Moore & F.Muell.) Harms

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  Whitesands Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, Southeast Tanna, Imaki area.

• Elevation

  Alt. 217 m. (712 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.6035, 169.456

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Gregory M. Plunkett #3406
N.V. Nepetsi [Nafe]
unspecifed part In the local belief system, this
plant is used by garden magicians, known as
tupunus, to make wind, sun, rain.
stem The wood is used as rafters in traditional
housing.
stem The wood is used as a firewood.
Source: Sam Natou (M, 55), Sam Nauka (M, so), Philip Wahe
(M, 60+)
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Araliaceae)
Polyscias cissodendron (C. Moore & F. Muell.) Harms
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southeast
Tanna, Imaki area.
S 19° 36’ 12.6"; E 169° 27’ 20.7"; 217 m elev.
Tree, 7-8 m tall. Flowers pale greenish with yellow
tinges, immature fruits green. Growing on ridge of dense
rain forest, well upland from the Nuip River, c. 750 m E
of Imaki. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #3406	April 30,2016
Marika Tuiwawa, Jean-Pascal Wahe, Samuel Herwaen
Kemah, Philemon Ala, Raymond Namri Namri
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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