Boerhavia diffusa L.

Boerhavia diffusa
.Locality Likiep Atoll* Aikini (Agony) Islet.
Habitat stony ground, planted to coconuts except on extreme east end where
* \ coconuts will not grow, this .'in Scaevola brush with Quettarda,
Messerschmidia, etc. Occasional under coconuts.
Date Aug. 30, 1946	Altitude 1-2 m. (estimated)
Coll. F. R. Fosberg No. 27058
Remarks Prostrate from thick root; stems green with red
joints; petioles red; leaf blades whitish
beneath; flowers pink#
U.S.C.C. Economic Survey of Micronesia
n (MV*
11 rr
'*1*. >7 901
7^t;
PLANTS OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
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