Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Dioscorea bulbifera
Collection Date:
November 12, 2003
Determiner:
David H. Lorence 11/2005
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Plant Description:
Vine, brown fruit.
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Tuber. Boils. Medicine for a boil. Cut the tuber in half, scrape the inner part. Place on the boil. This is to open and cure the boil.
Informant: Elery Donre, Pohnpei, Female.
Tuber. Comestible. This is used as a food for very old people. Take the tuber, clean it and scrape it. Have a very old person eat it.
Informant: Elery Donre, Pohnpei, Female.
Date of Record Creation:
June 18, 2012
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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