Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki

i°rm PLANTS OF THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
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Locality Utagal Islet
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Hernandia peltata Meissn
K. Kubitzki
Botan. Institut, Universität Münster/Westf.
Habitat flat coral sand; northern portion brushy forest with Scaevola,
Guettarda, Eugenia, and Barringtonia; central part an abandoned
Japanese garden, open, grassy; southern part village with bread-
fruit, few coconuts.
A single tree in open grass land*
Date July 28, 1946	Altitude	1-2	m.	(estimated)
Coll. Clarence Y. C. Wong No. 3
Remarks White colored flowers, red petioles; anthers
yellow; large trunk, buttress-like roots,
diaaeter of 5 ft* with gnarled branches*
"kosad"
U.S.C.C. Economic Survey of Micronesia
04750062