Adventive. (Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.H. & Stoddart, D.R. (1983)Henderson Island (Southeastern Polynesia): summary of current knowledge, Atoll Research Bulletin, 272, pp. 147. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.272.1);
A major staple food on Polynesian and Micronesian atolls, though of less importance on high islands (Barrau, 1961). It has a wide variety of other uses, including beverage, cordage, matting, thatch and timber (Kirch & Yen, 1982; Whistler, 1991a). (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);
Early Polynesian introduction. (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);
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; Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.H. & Stoddart, D.R. (1983)Henderson Island (Southeastern Polynesia): summary of current knowledge, Atoll Research Bulletin, 272, pp. 147. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.272.1