Tradescantia spathacea Sw.

The New York Botanical Garden
Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
det. M. Nee, 2012
H
Ib-C*
Tonga
Rhoeo discolor (L’Hertier) Hance
3
Small shrub; leaves narrowly lanceolate
pink below; green above; flowers white.
Island of fEua; Tufuvai: 1 km. from
’Ohonua. Altitude = 1 m. Native use:
medicinal: leaves used for fuofua
(pimples). Native name: Lilekula
[Simote].
Paul Alan Cox
110M	i\ July 1987
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