Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.
date: label: Collection Date
content: 6 Jul 1971
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 62 - Northwestern Pacific
label: Collector
content: Keith Mac Marshall
label: Min. Elevation
content: 1.8
notes: label: Notes
content: ADDITIONAL ETHNOBOTANICAL DATA (from label): Economic- Stems are used to imitate a mirrow's tail when making a fishing lure for snappers, sea bass, etc. (kunifau, masecha, celiioli, mwun, atam, ingerau). All this is done with a pole. The grass is put under the hull of a canoe before launching at the time food and gifts are brought. The theory is that the canoe will "stick" to land in the same way the grass does and will not become lost and drift at sea. It is put in the bottom of cooking pots to prevent burning when taro and breadfruit are being boiled. Medicinal- This plant is used to retard loose, bloody stools because it "sticks" to the ground and, hopefully, will cause the stools to firm up and "stick" to the insides. Whole plant is used.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: (Eastern Caroline Islands) Namoluk Islet, Truk, Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific Islands
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
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content: Pacific Ethnobotany
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content: Flora of Micronesia
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 00960123
label: USNM Number
content: 2699393
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Chloridoideae