Cyperus

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  Whitesands Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, Southeast Tanna, Iapkapen area, c. 0.5 km S of Iatukwei, along Main Road.

• Elevation

  Alt. 179 m. (587 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5789, 169.457

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BOTANICAL
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Cyperaceae)
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southeast
Tanna, Iapkapen area, c. 0.5 km S of Iatukwei, along
Main Road.
S 19° 34’ 43.9"; E 169° 27’ 26.9"; 179 m elev.
Herb. Growing on roadside along Coast Road.
Duplicates: 4.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #3168	March 11,2015
Marika Tuiwawa, Philip Wahe, Sam Nauka, Morris
Kawas, Zero Erve, Michael J. Balick
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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NE\y York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH	NjsTv
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Gregory M. Plunkett #3168
N.V. Nasiapu-A-Nasiapu [Nafe]
entire plant This plant can be used to tell the sex
of an as yet unborn baby. Two people hold the
stem and tear it. If three threads from the comers
of the stem come off, the baby will be a boy; if
all 4 comers of the stem come off, the baby will
be a girl. Two people start tearing the stem from
both sides of the cut stem.
Source: Sam Natou (M, 55), Sam Nauka (M, 50), Philip Wahe
(M, 60+)
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