Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  West Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island. just east of Lenakel, along track to Letakran Village, along creek.

• Elevation

  Alt. 44 m. (144 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.528, 169.281

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: pvnh
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Gregory M. Plunkett #2783
N.V. Nateris [Natuvar]
leaf Leaves rubbed on palm with Ficus sap
(#2784) to make a reddish coloring, in order to
dye one’s palms.
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Source: Jean-Pascal Wahe (M), Joshua Andrew
	
NJ	JpVNH-i
(M)
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Verbenaceae)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. West Tanna,
just east of Lenakel, along track to Letakran Village,
along creek.
S 19° 31’ 40.9"; E 169° 16’ 52.7"; 44 m elev.
Herb to subshrub, 0.5 m tall, flowers purple. Growing in
open area along roadside of disturbed secondary forest.
DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #2783	June 7,2014
Michael Balick, Kate Armstrong, R. Sean Thackurdeen,
Jean-Pascal Wahe, Presley Dovo, Joshua Andrew
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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