Tournefortia argentea

Tournefortia argentea

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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

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