Image taken on Nahhap motu in Pohnpei on 31 July 2007 by Dana Lee Ling
Chuuk: amónoset, néét
Kosrae: sruhsruh
Pohnpei: titin
Kosraen usage: Children use the seeds as projectiles using hollow papaya leaf petioles as the blow tube. [Informant: Shrue Nena Kilafwasru]
PLANTS Profile for Tournefortia argentea (velvetleaf soldierbush) | USDA PLANTS
Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Asteridae – Order Lamiales – Family Boraginaceae – Borage family Genus Tournefortia L. – soldierbush Species Tournefortia argentea L. f. – velvetleaf soldierbush, tree heliotrope