Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Zingiber zerumbet
Collection Date:
November 18, 2002
Determiner:
David H. Lorence (PTBG) 2004
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Plant Description:
Flower reddish
N.V. "Oangepele [Pohnpeian]."
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Tubers: Analgesic. For muscle pain. Take a tuber, clean the dirt off, pound and place a hot stone on it. Use it for a heat treatment.
Informant: Loreda Dores: Pohnpei, Female.
Date of Record Creation:
April 14, 2013
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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