Pipturus argenteus (G.Forst.) Wedd.

 PLANTS OF THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
:	HALL ISLANDS *
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\Locality Nomwin Atdll, jSfomwin Island.
Habitat Coral sand and rock substratum with luxuriant forest of coconuts,
breadfruit, and other trees, with dense undergrowth of Polypodium,
Nephrolepis, Wedelia, and severaf shrubs* laced with Piper and
Canavalia, fringed with Scaevola, Messerschmidia, etc.
. Occasional toward outer beach. . «
Date “May 29,1946	Altitude f-2 m.. ;
.	(estimated)	*
Coll. F. R. Fosberg No.
Remarks Shrub Z to 3 meters tall;, leave? ,
whitish beneath; native narnQ Harozaa*M
The inner, baric is .used for fish* lines
U.S.CUV Economic purvey of Micronesia
Urticaceae
Pipturus argenteus (Forst.) Wedd.
Det.: K.A.O. Eichhorn
Leiden, November 2002
(JEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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