Boerhavia diffusa L.

herb. In waste ground near
65 m. alt, Jan. 17, 1940.
’katule*
Mutalau
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TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
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botanical
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04721940
Presented to DPU Herbarium
by T. G. Yunckor
DEPAUW UNIVI
HERiAWUM.
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HERBARIUM
T. G. YUNCKER
Flora of Niue Island
^diffusa Linnaeus, SpW.^knt., 3, 1753.
^Prostrate, glabrous, widely branchingBkerb with green or reddish stems. Leaves
* wavy-margined, somewhat fleshy, lanceolate to ovate, green above, lighter green or red
beneath, obtuse to acutish. Flowers small, in long-stalked, branching, axillary and terminal
clusters. Fruit small, glandular, club-shaped.
A common weed in plantations and waste areas (9688, 9689, 9690, 10119,
10155). It is probable that different varieties are represented in the collections
which were made. They do not agree entirely, however, with the descriptions
of published varieties. The roots can be eaten in times of food shortage.
Native name, katule. Red-stemmed forms are called katule kula, the green-
stemmed ones katule tea.
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
no. 9688
BoerhaaTla diffusa L.
Pro
04721940