Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Collector Name:
Diane Ragone
Collection Date:
June 23, 2001
Observers:
Cynthia Nazario, Sandra Banack, Sani Fa'afuata
Island Group:
SAMOAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Behind Olosega village. Transect 2.
Plant Description:
Terrestrial perennial herb with swollen, elongated pseudstem, erect green leaves.
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Medicial Use Notes:
'ta\'amu Funding provided by RCUH - CPSU '
Habitat:
Agroforest. Cultivated.
Associated Species:
Canopy of Artocarpus altilis, Cocos nucifera, with bananas Musa x paradisica, Manihot esculenta, Colocasia macrorrhiza, few Pandanus tectorius, Bischofia javonica, Clerdendrum buchanii, Dioscorea bulbifera, numerous Epipremnum pinnatum, Christella harveyi, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Synedrella nodiflora, Oplismenus compositus, ad Mikania micrantha. Seedlings and juveniles of Morinda citrifolia, Dysoxylum samoense, and ficus scabra.
Date of Record Creation:
May 1, 2012
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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