Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Derris elliptica (Fabaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Udot Island
(Chuuk Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Derris elliptica (Fabaceae) from Udot Island (Chuuk Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH0000154186
Herbarium (or collector): Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth.
Represents which PIER taxon: Derris elliptica (Fabaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: F.R.Fosberg
Determination date: n/a
Determination institution: Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Micronesia
Country: Caroline Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Udot
State/province: Truk
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Manitu Village
PIER location: Udot Island (Chuuk Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region)
Habitat: Beaches, rocks, marshes, tidal channels, and cultivated ground back of mangrove swamps. Common everywhere in disturbed ground.
Elevation (lo/hi): 1 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Vine creeping on ground; leaves glaucous beneath, sterile.
Collector: Fosberg, F.R.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 24495
Collection date(s): 25.v.1946
Voucher comment: "up" or "ub" roots pounded and used to poison fish; used in quantities of a large double handful.

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