Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Cordyline fruticosa
Collector Name:
F. B. H. Brown
Collection Date:
January 20, 1922
Determiner:
Nom. Rev. A. L. Vernon 7 May 2012
Island Group:
MARQUESAS ISLANDS
Locality:
Omoa. Upper Omoa valley. In ancient Marquesian plantation.
Plant Description:
Tree. Height 12 m. Flower white with purplish tinge. Diam., breast high 60 cm. Bark gray, rough. Sapwood & heartwood yellow-white. Ti kua.
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Leaves 90±-meter long 10 ±cm wide used for lining "ma" pits. Sugar attained from root is fermented, highly [?] variety - sacred.
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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