Sida cordifolia L.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  Aneityum Area Council

• Locality

  Aneityum Island. Forest behind Unameij, Anuwunamlau

• Elevation

  Alt. 23 m. (75 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -20.2302, 169.778

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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03487241
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Malvaceae)
Sida cordifoliaL.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Aneityum Island. Forest
behind Unameij, Anuwunamlau.
S 20° 13’ 48.8"; E 169° 46’ 39.0"; 23 m elev.
Herb to 1 m, flowers yellow. DNA, digital image.
Duplicates: 6.
Michael J. Balick, #4892	April 16,2016
Gregory M. Plunkett, K. David Harrison; Thomas Doro
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Michael J. Balick #4892
N.V. Nemdanlap [Aneityum]
stem If a person is coming to a another village,
e.g. not their own, and they have a branch in their
hand, it means that they are coming in peace and
not trying to harm anyone else in the new vil-
lage. Alternatively, if they are asking for some-
thing that might be found in the village where
they have arrived, they will hold the branch of
this species and pass it to a person from that vil-
lage so they will accept them.
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
Source: Wopa Nasauman (M, 42), Rene Theimu (M, 42)