Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Cordia subcordata
Collection Date:
October 20, 2003
Determiner:
Tim Flynn (PTBG) 7/VIII/2005
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Plant Description:
Tree, 10m tall stem 20cm in diameter, orange flower, light green fruit. N.V> "Ikoik [Pohnpeian]."
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Bark: Styptic. Medicine to stop bleeding from a cut and relieve the pain. Scrape the bark, pound, wrap in a piece of cloth. Squeeze on cut.
Flower: Fragrance. To make a body oil smell good. Take as many flowers are needed, and place them in the coconut oil and then boil or fry it in a pan, and then it can be used.
Informant: Valery Lorens, Pohnpei, Female.
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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