Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Syzygium malaccense
Collector Name:
P. Raynor
Collection Date:
October 24, 2001
Determiner:
David H. Lorence (PTBG) 2003
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
County:
Madolenihmw Municipality
Locality:
Tipwen, Enipoas.
Plant Description:
Shrub 5 m tall, stem 10 cm in diameter, flowers reddish, fruits greenish. N.V. apel en Pohnpei [Pohnpeian].
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Leaves: Shingles (Herpes zozter). Medicine for "kihl sarawi" (holy skin disease). It is a skin disease just like chicken box but the blisters are very tiny or smaller than the chicken box, and it does not occur the way chicken box did. It only occurs on the stomach and comes around at the back, if the blisters goes around and reaches where it started the person will die. Pound as many rough spotted leaves and rub on where the skin disease is. This treatment is repeated until the patient gets well. Informant: Etrick Isiel, Pohnepi, farmer, male, 48 years old.
Date of Record Creation:
January 13, 2016
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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