Ixora casei Hance

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Federated States of Micronesia

• State/Province

  Pohnpei

• County/Municipio

  Kitti (Mun.)

• Locality

  Collected on homestead beside clothes washing area.

• Elevation

  Alt. 129 m. (423 ft.)

• Coordinates

  6.8211, 158.214

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Rubiaceae
Jxora casei Hance
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Kitti (Mun.).
Collected on homestead beside clothes washing area.
6°49'16"N, 158°12'50,,E
424 ft.
Agroforest area, dominant plants include ylangylang
(seir), Hibiscus tiliaceus and weipwul.
Tree, approx. 20 ft (6.1m), leaf reddish and opposite
folding inward along midribs. Stem reddish. Entire
flowering part orange-red and solitary at tip of branch,
no distinct smell.
NY* Ketieu [Pohnpeian]
branch For making chicken trap. Cut one piece of
the branch, take the young part of the
plant off including the leaves, then place
fhe branch infta a hole in the ground and
tie a rope to it at the end, pull and tie to
another plant or tree next it.
Participant: Enerihko Peter. Male.
19 Apr 2006
P. Emos Eperiam, Relio Lengsi, Francisca Sohl, Julie Cooper
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The V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
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