Freycinetia ponapensis Martelli

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Madolenihmw (Mun.)

  • Locality

    Woukutoar

  • Coordinates

    6.8341, 158.269

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1000

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

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Pandanaceae
Freycinetia ponapensis Martelli
det. M. Y. Choi, 2002
Participant: Joseph Juhda: Pohnpei. Male.
02 Nov 2001
A. Raynor 125
Gildea Foundation
NYdb
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Madolenihmw
Municipality. Woukutoar.
Lowland forest.
Climbing pandanus-like plant, fruits yellow.
N.V. rara [Pohnpeian]
leaves
Appetite stimulant. Medicine to make a
child to grow up fast. Four shoots of the
young leaves are pounded and mixed with
coconut meat and eaten. This is treated once
just at the time the child can eat something
based on food to make the child feel like
eating every time.
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