Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Barringtonia asiatica
Identified As:
Barringtonia asiatica
Collection Date:
November 12, 2002
Determiner:
Tim Flynn, 2004
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Locality:
Pohnmaiau, Pahlap.
Plant Description:
Tree, stem 40 cm in diameter, 7 m tall; flowers white-blue-red; fruits greenish. N.V. wihnsed [Pohnpeian].
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Bark: Poisoning. To cure food and drink poisoning. Cut the bark in any measurement needed, pound and wrap in a piece of cloth, squeeze in one liter of water. Drink the whole water right away. After drinking this medicine you will start vomiting, this is good because you are vomiting up the poisonous food and water. Informant: Loreda Dores: Pohnpei. Female.
Fruits: Other skin/subcutaneous cellular tissue disorder/effects. To cure skin diseases, take a fruit that is floating in the water, cut in half and scrape the nut, wrap in piece of cloth. Rub on skin. Informant: Loreda Dores: Pohnpei. Female.
Date of Record Creation:
August 29, 2011
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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