Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Cordyline fruticosa
Collection Date:
October 3, 2002
Determiner:
Tim Flynn 2004
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Plant Description:
Shrub, stem 2 cm in diameter, 3 m tall, flowers reddish. N.V. dihng weitahta [Pohnpeian].
Ethnobotanical Notes:
leaves: Analgesic. Back pain, muscle pain, headache, and joint pain. Take two shoots of the young leaves, pound and wrap in a piece of cloth, squeeze in 1 liter of water. Drink this amount of medicine every day until it cures these pains.
Informant: Alfred Dores: Pohnpei. Unknown.
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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