Cassytha filiformis L.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Palau

• State/Province

  Airai

• Locality

  Ngerusar. Near airport

• Coordinates

  7.37, 134.53

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PAC
The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Cassytha filiformis L.
det. A. Kitalong
Palau. Airai State. Ngerusar. Near airport.
7°21'58"N, 134°31'55"E
Secondary forest.
Vine on plants, turning yellow when mature.
N.V. Techelleia chull [Belauan]
Lauraceae
Rolled stems
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Ceremonial Plant. For after birth vaginal steam
bath. Put in pot of hot boiling water for one day.
Next day (last day) of ceremony, woman sits over
pot on seat, she is enclosed by a tent, 7 basins
around her with same herbs. Another woman is
helping her. Use 3 bundles (1" long x 31" wide).
Woman sits for 10 minutes or as long as can stand,
if in tent too long she'll get dizzy. (This
treatment helps from dizziness in the sun when
outside the next day.) Breathe in with mouth and
exhale with nose. If woman who is helping is
menstruating or has the flu, she cannot go inside,
another woman helps. Boil 45 minutes, drink
8oz to 1 gal of water add several handfuls of rolled
stem. The herbs included in this steam bath
(including techelleia chull, Cassytha filiformis
(MB 4363)) are cheskiik, Eurya japónica var.
nitide (MB4366); ongor, Pandanus tectorius
(MB4367); kertakuo, Decaspermum fruiticosum
(MB4369); itouch, Gleichenia diaranopteris
(MB4370); chelouchau, Citrus sp. (MB4371); and
kemoukem, Derris trifuliatus (MB4372).
[modekenger style of traditional medicine].
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BOTANICAL
OF THIS VOUCHER
13 Aug 2006
M. J. Balick, Roberta Lee, Jasmin Lim, Ann Kitalong, Gemma
Ngirchobong, Sariang Timulch 4363
V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
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