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NTBG Plant Name:
Curcuma longa
Barcode:
PTBG1000102403
Specimen ID:
097922
Collector ID:
204
Collector Name:
Relio Lengsi
Collection Date:
November 27, 2006
Other Herbarium:
NY
Observers:
Primo Emos Eperiam
Region:
Micronesia
Country:
FM
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Island:
Pohnpei
State:
POHNPEI STATE
County:
Nett Municipality
Elevation:
61
Locality:
Eirke Nett Lindas house.
Plant Category:
monocot
Plant Description:
Herb, leaf: wide almost like a leaf of aulong Curcuma australasica but a bit slimmer, green color on top and light green at the bottom. Tuber: yellow color and has a good scent. N.V. Kisiniong oangitik [Pohnpeian]
Ethnobotanical Notes:
Tuber. For someone who was lost in the ocean for days. He/she needs to take this before eating food. Take one tuber, clean, pound, add or mix with ground coconut meat, place in a piece of cloth, squeeze juice into the mount. This will help the person who got exhausted and lost from the ocean to feel better. This has to be done before the person gets any food.
Participant: Bernardo Ardos. Male.
Habitat:
Agroforest.
Comments:
Transferred from Specimens
Date of Record Creation:
August 13, 2026
Date of Last Update:
August 13, 2026