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NTBG Plant Name:
Cocos nucifera
Barcode:
PTBG1000000958
Specimen ID:
053010
Collector ID:
60
Collector Name:
A. Dores
Collection Date:
November 12, 2002
Other Herbarium:
NY
Determiner:
David H. Lorence April 2005
Region:
Micronesia
Country:
FM
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Island:
Pohnpei
State:
POHNPEI STATE
County:
U Municipality
Elevation:
10
Locality:
Pohnmaiau, Pahlap.
Plant Category:
monocot
Plant Description:
Palm tree, stem 40cm in diameter, 7m tall, flowers white, fruits greenish. N.V. nihtol [Pohnpeian]
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Flowers. Antidysenteric. For dysentery. Take four flowers, pound and wrap in piece of cloth, squeeze in the liquid of the fruit. Drink and repeat this treatment everyday until you are cured. Informant: Loreda Dores: Pohnpei. Female.
Date of Record Creation:
June 23, 2025
Date of Last Update:
June 23, 2025

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