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NTBG Plant Name:
Cocos nucifera
Barcode:
PTBG1000041367
Specimen ID:
041889
Collector ID:
124
Collector Name:
A. Raynor
Collection Date:
October 31, 2001
Herbarium Name:
NY
Other Herbarium:
NY
Determiner:
David H. Lorence, 2004
Region:
Micronesia
Country:
FM
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Island:
Pohnpei
State:
POHNPEI STATE
County:
Madolenihmw Municipality
Locality:
Dienpei, Tamworohi.
Plant Category:
monocot
Plant Description:
Tree 20 m tall, stem 35 cm in diameter, fruits orange, flowers orange. N.V. nihwaita [Pohnpeian]
Ethnobotanical Notes:
PETIOLES: Eyewash. Medicine for a painful eye caused by sunlight or just a dirt in the eye. Scrape the inner bark of the leaf stalk (the ones that just growing for about 1m tall) into a piece of cloth. Squeeze in the eye to relieve the pain. Roots. Anticonvulsant. In treating seizure, the roots were pounded and squeezed in one liter of water and drunken. Fruits. Beverage. The fruit is used for drinking (coconut drink). Informant: Klara Waital, Pohnpei, housemother, female, 70 yrs old.
Habitat:
Agroforest.
Date of Last Update:
June 23, 2025

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