Syzygium myriadenum Merr. & L.M.Perry

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  North Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, North Tanna, Green Hill Botanical Garden.

• Elevation

  Alt. 285 m. (935 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.3796, 169.297

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Kate Armstrong #586
N.V. Nal [Naka]
fruit Consumption of fruits by Bnua (red and
green colored bird) or Ioien (light blue colored
bird) suggests a time to hunt them.
fruit Ripe fruits suggest time to harvest garden
crops is near.
Source: Samson Numake Nakabue (M, 62)
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Myrtaceae)
Syzygium myriadenum Merr. & L.M. Perry
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. North Tanna,
Green Hill Botanical Garden.
S 19° 22’ 46.4"; E 169° 17’ 50.1"; 285 m elev.
Tree c. 15 m tall, dbh c. 40 cm, flower buds white-green,
tips of calyx slightly tinged with red. DNA, digital
image. Duplicates: 6.
Kate Armstrong, #586	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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