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Palau, an island nation of 20,000 people in the western Pacific, is on a collision course with modernization. As a Western way of life takes hold in this archipelago, a modern ailment is taking hold with it. Christopher Kitalong has a foot in both worlds. He grew up in Palau and is getting a degree in ethnobotany in the U.S. He thinks a nondescript native tree may hold the answer to Palau’s epidemic, and Kitalong is determined to ask the right questions.
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Species: Peddiea africana Harv. Date: 2003-10-29 Location: Fern Gully, Vumba Habitat:
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Daphne mezereum occurring in the subalpine region of southern Bavaria.
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Hobro, Jylland, Danmark (Kultiv)
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Bergers Glen, section 9, town 6, range 5E, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, US
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Newland, South Australia, Australia
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kia or Hawaii false oheloThymelaeaceae (Daphne family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii Island only)Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii IslandFlowers
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5179226895/in/photostream/Roots, bark, leaves and stems were used as a poison to stupefy fish called hola which were then gathered by the early Hawaiians. The plant parts were crushed, placed in a porous container, and sunk in salt water pools. The fish were safe to eat because kia is not known to be poisonous to warm-blooded creatures by means of this fishing method.EtymologyThe genus is named for Johan Emanuel Wikstrm (1789-1856), a Swedish botanist and author of several papers on Thymelaeaceae.The specific epithet phillyreifolia is derived from the Latin Phillyrea, a genus in the Olive family (Oleaceae), and folius, leaves, referring to the leaves resembling Phillyrea spp.NPH00001
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Neika, Tasmania, Australia
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Albany, Western Australia, Australia
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Western Australia, Australia
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La Boissiere, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
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Mount Hutt, Canterbury, New Zealand
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kia or Kohala false oheloThymelaeaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)
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Valle de Pineta: Pirineo aragons.Familia: THYMELAEACEAEDistribucin: Se distribuye por Europa siendo muy rara en la zona mediterrnea-, extendindose hasta el SW y C de Asia. En la Pennsula Ibrica se encuentra en Pirineos, Montseny y una localidad en la Sierra de Gdar. En Aragn se encuentra en Pirineos y Sierra de Gdar.Hbitat: Hayedos, abetales y pinares de pino negro, tambin en pastos supraforestales.Preferencia edfica: AcidfilaRango altitudinal: ( 930 ) 1200- 2250 mFloracin: ( Marzo ) Abril - Mayo ( Junio ) Forma Biolgica: Nanofanerfito caducifolioExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)