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Classification	Cayratia: Vitaceae
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00963565
Collector	C. Y. C. Wong
Collector number	308
Country	Micronesia, Federated States of
State	Yap
Geography	Oceania: Polynesia (Region): Micronesia, Federated States of: Yap
Locality	Wora, Ryl. Yap, southeast side
Date Collected	1948-01-08
Verbatim Elevation	2 feet
Habitat	on the wrecked cars and junk pile, on clay soil
Project	HerbariomiX - Dior
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b0bfa138-2d6c-4e84-8a84-2e0cdf5b5408
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00963565
Herbarium	GH
Family	Vitaceae
Determination	Cayratia japonica (Thunberg) Gagnepain
Determined by	Robin Hide
Date Determined	2024-10-**
Determination Remarks	[is filed under name] [is Current name]
Annotation Text	det. based on duplicate at US
Sex	not determined
Phenology	NotDetermined
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed


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Remarks

The plant is used in the sickness of chickens with infected eyes, ears, or note, the internode of the stems are cut off, one end of the stem is blown into until the sap drips out and the sap is placed on the affected parts. The whole plant is pounded and placed in a box with the chicken. The stems are used in the treatment of swelling of the vein of a man by taking the even numbers of the stem as 2,4,6,8, or 10 which are pounded, placed in a piece of coconut cloth, then tying the cloth before squeezing the sap into a betle nut sheath bowl, take a drinking coconut and mix with the sap before drinking the mixture. [recipe][ethnobotanical data]