Musa

  • Filed As

    Musaceae
    Musa

  • Collector(s)

    A. Dores 139, 21 Aug 2003

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Uh (Mun.). U Municipality. Pahlap.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 207096

    Occurrence ID: 82112b3c-4cd5-49b5-9669-69d14445df0d

  • Related Publications

    [Article] Herrera, Katherine, et al. 2010. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with Local Names and Uses. Allertonia. 10: 1-192.

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Zingiberales

  • Family

    Musaceae

  • All Determinations

    Musa

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Uh (Mun.)

  • Locality

    U Municipality. Pahlap

  • Elevation

    Alt. 6 m. (20 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    6.9457, 158.272

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BOTANICAL
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00207096
The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
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Musaceae
Musa
det. David H. Lorence, Apr 2005
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. U Municipality.
Pahlap.
6°56'44.520"N, 158°16'20.340"E
20 ft.
Agroforest.
Banana tree, 5m tall, stem 20cm diameter, fruits greenish.
N.V. karat [Pohnpeian]
leaves	Antidepressant.	Medicine	to	cure
depression. Take four shoots of the young
leaves, pound and wrap piece of cloth.
Squeeze in 1/2 gallon of water and drink.
Drink this amount of medicine every day
for four to eight days.
roots
Participant: Qurino Ladore: Pohnpei. Male.
Other nervous system disorders/effects.
Medicine to cure damaged nerves. Take a
root pound and mix it with coconut meat,
wrap in a piece of cloth. Rub at where the
nerve is damaged.
Participant: Qurino Ladore: Pohnpei. Male.
21 Aug 2003
A. Dores 139
Gildea Foundation and the Overbrook Foundation
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