Nothocnide repanda (Blume) Blume

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Vanuatu

  • State/Province

    Tafea

  • County/Municipio

    North Tanna Area Council

  • Locality

    Tanna Island, North Tanna, Green Hill Botanical Garden.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 276 m. (906 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -19.3787, 169.296

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

BOTANICAL
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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Urticaceae)
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Nothocnide repanda (Blume) Blume
Kate Armstrong #585
N.V. Toklaimian [Naka]
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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leaf To produce dreadlock hairstyle, use hand-
ful of bark to rinse hair. Do not comb. Repeats
rinsing with bark until dreadlocks form. No one
should touch hair during this process.
Source: Samson Numake Nakabue (m, 62)
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. North Tanna,
Green Hill Botanical Garden.
S 19° 22’ 43.3"; E 169° 17’ 46.1"; 276 m elev.
Liana to 15 m tall. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 3.
Kate Armstrong, #585	June 18,2014
Gregory Plunkett, Tom Ranker, R. Sean Thackurdeen,
Chanel Sam, Laurence Ramon, Frazer Alo, Jean-Pascal
Wahe & Samson Numake Nakabue
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
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