Ethnobotany review of campus plants spring 2024
At 3:30 a single student was present. The two of us headed east to the Premna serratifolia and the Premna obtusifolia. Then we walked south across the road to a complex of Glochidium ramiflorum, Cordyline fruticosa, Macaranga carolinensis, and Hibiscus tiliaceus. At this point more students arrived as we headed back north. Hyisha on point followed by Ifancy In the northeast corner of the campus was Volkameria inermis, Premna obtusifolia, Scaevola taccada, and Artocarpus altilis. Woleai on the left, Falemon and Ifancy on the lead. Tharcy making notes on her cell phone. Almost all of the students were struggling with their local names, although the Woleaian students were doing better. Bennet and Ritarsky were key lead identifiers. The rate of loss among Pohnpeian students has really caught me off guard. But for Bennet and Ritarsky, the class would have been dependent solely on me. As a field note, I photographed a Cya...