Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Asplenium nidus
Collector Name:
E. Albert
Collection Date:
October 24, 2001
Determiner:
M. Choi, 2002
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
County:
Madolenihmw Municipality
Locality:
Tipwen, Enipoas.
Plant Category:
pteridophyte
Plant Description:
Fern 1 m tall, spores brownish.
Ethnobotanical Notes:
LEAVES: Parturifacent. Medicine for delivering a baby easily. Eat 4 young leaves to deliver the baby fast and easily. This treatment is done just before the period, it makes the baby to go out fast and easily.
Contraceptive. For local birth control, pick leaves, pound and squeeze through a cloth into a cup of water and drink. Drink one cup in the morning, one at noon and one at night, repeat for 4 days and you won't get pregnant again.
Analgesic. To relieve uterus pain eat 4 young leaves and swallow.
Informant: Sihmer Juhda, Dipwinmen clan, Pohnpei, housewife, female, 35 years old.
Date of Record Creation:
November 16, 2011
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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