Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

  • Filed As

    Dioscoreaceae
    Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

  • Collector(s)

    M. J. Balick 4322 with Roberta Lee, Tamara Balick, Ally Raynor and Nersin Aia, 17 Aug 2002

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Pingelap (Mun.). Pingelap Atoll, Sukoru Island.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 205064

    Occurrence ID: 23853ce7-6f9f-4f6f-b1e8-51ea6e231ad1

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  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Pingelap (Mun.)

  • Locality

    Pingelap Atoll, Sukoru Island

  • Coordinates

    6.22139, 160.245

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The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Taccaceae
Tacca leontopetalo ides (L.) Kuntze
00205064
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Pingelap Atoll.
Sukoru Island.
6°13'17"N, 160°14'41”E
Cultivated in taro patch.
Plant to 1 m tall, inflorescence green with green seeds, tubers to 6
cm Î3R diameter, brown.
SLV. mugamuk [Pohnpeian]
tuber	Starch.	Starch	food	crop,	cultivated.
17 Aug 2002
M. J. Balick, Roberta Lee, Tamara Balick, Ally Raynor and Nersin
Aia 4322
00205064