Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Hedychium coronarium
Collection Date:
October 13, 2003
Determiner:
Tim Flynn (PTBG) 7 sept 2005
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Plant Description:
Herb, 1m tall, flowers white. N.V. "Sinser [Pohnpeian]."
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Tuber: Eyewash. Medicine for eye pain, red eye (to clean the eye). Take the tuber, clean it and scrape, wrap in piece of cloth. Squeeze in the eye, doesn't matter how much or how many drops in the eye.
Informant: Elery Donre, Pohnpei, Female.
Date of Record Creation:
April 13, 2013
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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