Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Barringtonia asiatica
Identified As:
Barringtonia asiatica
Collection Date:
August 21, 2003
Determiner:
G. T. Prance, Jan 2009
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Locality:
Yosmaru, Pahlap.
Plant Description:
Tree, 10 m tall, 40 cm-dm, whitish, fruits greenish.
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Leaves antidiarrheal. Medicine - to cure diarrhea of children. Take four shoots of the leaves, pound and wrap in a piece of cloth. Squeeze in cup of water and drink. Repeat this treatment every day until cured. Informant: Simwolihna Obisbo: Pohnpei. Female. N.V. wihnmoar [Pohnpeian].
Habitat:
Fresh water swamp.
Date of Record Creation:
August 29, 2011
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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