Hernandia moerenhoutiana Guill.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  Aneityum Area Council

• Locality

  Aneityum Island. Forest at Anuentohow

• Elevation

  Alt. 46 m. (151 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -20.2222, 169.798

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

03487239
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Hemandiaceae)
Hernandia moerenhoutiana Guillem.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Aneityum Island. Forest at
Anuentohow.
S 20° 13’ 19.8"; E 169° 47’ 52.7"; 46 m elev.
Tree to 15 m tall, dbh 25 cm, flowers cream yellow,
fragrant, fruits light greenish-translucent. Growing in
secondary forest. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, K. David Harrison, Thomas Doro,
Jean Pascal Wahe, Presley Dovo
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 #4903
N.V. Neheptal [Aneityum]
stem Wood is used to make canoes, as it is very
light and lasts in salt water.
bark As a styptic to stop bleeding, when a per-
son gets a cut in the bush, scrape off outer bark
and use inner bark scrapings to put on cut. Stops
bleeding, leave on for one day.
Source: Wopa Nasauman (m,42), Thomas Japanesai (m, 48)
Michael J. Balick, #4903
April 18,2016
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH