Freycinetia microdonta
Martelli
Pandanaceae Edible: Flowers
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Description
A creeper with very long and narrow leaves, found in humid tropical forests on Mt. Tokish Meru on Tanna Island, Vanuatu.
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Edible Uses
The flowers are eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It occurs on Mt. Tokish Meru on Tanna Island Vanuatu. In grows in humid forest.
Where It Grows
New Caledonia, Pacific, Vanuatu,
Notes
There are about 100-175 Freycinetia species.
Synonyms
Freycinetia tannaensis Martelli
References (6)
- Barrau, J., 1976, Subsistence Agriculture in Melanesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museu, Bulletin 219 Honolulu Hawaii. Kraus reprint. p 56 (As Freycinetia tannaensis)
- Gillaumin, R., 1954, Les Plantes utiles des Nouvelles-Hebrides (fin et complement) In: Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquee Vol. 1, No. 10-12 pp 453-460 (As Freycinetia tannaensis)
- Kajewski, S. F., 1931, J. Arnold Arbor. 12;269 (As Freycinetia tannaensis)
- Lebot, V. & Sam, C., Green desert or ‘all you can eat’? How diverse and edible was the flora of Vanuatu before human introductions?. Terra australis 52 p 411 (As Freycinetia tannaensis)
- Martelli, 1910, Webbia 3:183
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- Massal, E. and Barrau, J., 1973, Food Plants of the South Sea Islands. SPC Technical Paper No 94. Noumea, New Caledonia. p 38 (As Freycinetia tannaensis)
