Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Aglaia mariannensis
Collector Name:
E. Albert Amor
Collection Date:
December 1, 2003
Determiner:
Nom Rev. Tim Flynn 2008
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Plant Description:
Shrub, 4 m tall, 4 cm in diameter, brown fruit. N.V. marasau [Pohnpeian].
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Fruit Rat repellent. Medicine to keep away the rats from eating your sakau plants. In order to keep the rats away, take as many fruits as needed, pound and add with some grinded coconut neat. Throw around in your sakau plantation. Participant: Alter Moses, Pohnpei, male.
Date of Record Creation:
September 22, 2011
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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