Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Carica papaya
Collection Date:
August 21, 2003
Determiner:
D. H. Lorence 2004
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Plant Description:
Papaya tree, 6 m tall, stem 10 cm diameter, flowers whitish, fruits greenish. N.V. meiap [Pohnpeian]
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Tuber: Antiinfective. Medicine to cure infested cut. Take the tuber, pound and wrip in a piece of cloth. Squeeze on the wound. Informant: Ignacio Obisbo: Pohnpei. Male.
Date of Record Creation:
February 3, 2014
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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