- 12.7. Marine Intertidal – Mangrove Submerged Roots
- 13.3. Marine Coastal/Supratidal – Coastal Sand Dunes
Terrestrial. The inner bark fibers were used as cordage (Brown, 1935; Banack, 1991; Whistler, 1991b), and the light timber used for construction of floats for canoes (Banack, 1991) and fishing nets (Whistler, 1992); the species was also used medicinally (Brown, 1935; Cox, 1991; Whistler 1992). The large leaves served as plates or food wraps (Brown, 1935); on Pitcairn they have occasionally been used as a substitute for toilet paper (Meralda Warren, pers. comm). (Waldren, S., Wesiler, M.I., Hather, J.G. & Morrow, D. (1999)The non-native vascular plants of Henderson Island, South Central Pacific Ocean, Atoll Research Bulletin, 463, pp. 114. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.463.1);
Christian, M., Warren, J., Warren, C., Myer, B., Moverly, D., Wong, L. J. & Pagad, S. (2022) Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Pitcairn Islands - Great Britain. Version 1.7. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG. Checklist dataset.; Waldren, S., Wesiler, M.I., Hather, J.G. & Morrow, D. (1999)The non-native vascular plants of Henderson Island, South Central Pacific Ocean, Atoll Research Bulletin, 463, pp. 114. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.463.1; UKOTs Team (2024). UKOTs Online Herbarium - Pitcairn. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet at http://brahmsonline.kew.org/UKOT (July 2024);