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NTBG Plant Name:
Carica papaya
Barcode:
PTBG1000102287
Specimen ID:
098227
Collector ID:
152
Collector Name:
Relio Lengsi
Collection Date:
September 6, 2006
Other Herbarium:
NY
Observers:
P. Emos Eperiam
Region:
Micronesia
Country:
FM
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Island:
Pohnpei
State:
POHNPEI STATE
County:
Nett Municipality
Elevation:
50
Locality:
Not provided.
Plant Category:
dicot
Plant Description:
Papaya tree 10 ft tall, leaves green, fruit round and green when young and turn orange-yellow when ripe. N.V. Memiap [Pohnpeian]
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Bark. For leprosy. Scrape skin of the bark off and apply to the skin disease. Twice a day until it is healed. Participant: Mr. Kalisdus Mallarme. Male.
Habitat:
Found in agroforest outside of homes.
Comments:
Transferred from Specimens
Date of Record Creation:
October 20, 2026
Date of Last Update:
October 20, 2026