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NTBG Plant Name:
Barringtonia asiatica
Barcode:
PTBG1000008822
Specimen ID:
046130
Collector ID:
135
Collector Name:
A. Dores
Collection Date:
August 21, 2003
Herbarium Name:
NY
Other Herbarium:
NY
Determiner:
G. T. Prance, Jan 2009
Region:
Micronesia
Country:
FM
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Island:
Pohnpei
State:
POHNPEI STATE
County:
U Municipality
Elevation:
15
Locality:
Yosmaru, Pahlap.
Plant Category:
dicot
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:
June 26, 2024

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