Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Ixora casei
Collector Name:
Michael J. Balick
Collection Date:
August 12, 2000
Determiner:
M. Choi (NY) 2001
Observers:
Daniel Balick, Roberta lee, Fredrick Panuel, Francisco Sohl
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
County:
Sokehs Municipality
Locality:
Dolon. Form of Fredirick panuel, beside and including old Japanese road from 1940's.
Plant Description:
Shrub to 3m tall, dbh 6cm; flowers bright red. N. V. Keteou; Ketieu
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Flowers: Antidote for crown of thorns starfish sting. Use 43 flower heads, put in boiling water, 1 pot full (gallon) allow to cool, then put foot in for 5 hours. Put foot on top of flowers, step on them, it is said to suck up poison, after 5 hours, spinees will come out as well as poison.
Habitat:
Secondary Forest (Nansapw) being cut for agroforestry plot.
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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