Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Pingelap (Mun.)

  • Locality

    Pingelap Atoll, Sukoru Island

  • Coordinates

    6.22139, 160.245

  • Distribution

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Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Pingelap Atoll.
Sukoru Island.
6°13'17t'N, 160°14'41"E
Cultivated in taro patch.
Plant to 1 m tall* inflorescence green with green seeds, tubers to 6
cm in diameter, brown.
N.V. mugamuk [Pohnpeian]
tuber	Starch.	Starch	food	crop,	cultivated.
17 Aug 2002
M. J. Balick, Roberta Lee, Tamara Baliefc, Ally Raynor and Nersin
Aia 4322
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