Baccaurea stylaris Müll.Arg.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Vanuatu

  • State/Province

    Tafea

  • County/Municipio

    Whitesands Tanna Area Council

  • Locality

    Tanna Island, Southeast Tanna, Imaki area.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 244 m. (801 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 #3415
N.V. Nahpa [Nafe]
bole Edible mushrooms are known to grow on
the dead wood.
stem The wood is used to fashion axe handles.
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
(Phyllanthaceae)
Baccaurea sty laris Müll. Arg.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southeast
Tanna, Imaki area.
S 19° 36’ 12.6”; E 169° 27’ 20.7"; 244 m elev.
Understory tree. Sterile. Growing on ridge of dense rain
forest, well upland from the Nuip River, ç. 750 m E of
Imaki. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 3.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #3415	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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