Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Uh (Mun.)

  • Locality

    U Municipality. Awak, Nan kepin mahu

  • Coordinates

    6.9636, 158.261

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

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ANY REIDENTIFICATfON OF THIS VOUCHER
n THE mSTlTUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTW. NY
The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Pteridophyte
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching
det. R. C. Moran, Jan 2006
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. U Municipality.
Awak, Nan kepin mahu.
Fern, brown spores.
N.V. peipei-aramas [Pohnpeian]
leaves	Other Genitourinary System
disorders/effects. Medicine to cure lady's
sickness. Take as many leaves as needed,
pound and wrap in a piece of cloth, squeeze
in 1/2 gallon of water. Drink. Take this
amount of medicine every day for four to
eight days.
Participant: Elery Donre: Pohnpei. Female.
07 Jan 2004
E. Albert Amor 73
NYdb
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