Micronesian Plants and People
Authors:
Mark D. Merlin
Citation: Merlin, M. 2016. People and Plants of Micronesia. University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Locality: Micronesia (22.024550, 145.898440)
Abstract: This database presents Micronesian plants and their uses from the main islands of the Federated States of Micronesia: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. Much of this information was painstakingly collected in various islands of Micronesia as fieldwork for a series of books authored by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Professor of Ethnobotany Dr. Mark Merlin. This is a work in progress.
Families: 74
Genera: 165
Species: 198
Total Taxa: 204
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widespread in many tropical areas, common, Canoe Plant (Polynesian Introduction). The nuts are a source of food and useful body oil.;
T. Amano 5926 [HAW]