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Domesticated Plants of Austronesia

One of the major human migration events was the maritime settlement of the islands of the Indo-Pacific by the Austronesian peoples, believed to have started from at least 5,500 to 4,000 BP. These migrations were accompanied by a set of domesticated and semi-domesticated plants (and animals) transported via outrigger ships and catamarans that enabled early Austronesians to thrive in the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia, Near Oceania (Melanesia), and Remote Oceania (Micronesia and Polynesia), Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands. The plants are sometimes referred to as Canoe Plants.1
  1. Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, 02 October, 2019.
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20 Accessions:

Alpinia galanga Artocarpus heterophyllus Boesenbergia rotunda Broussonetia papyrifera Curcuma longa Curcuma longa Curcuma longa Dioscorea bulbifera Musa textilis Oryza sativa Saccharum officinarum

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  • {1} Thespesia populnea - Portia Tree, Indian Tulip Tree - Malvaceae
  • {2} Cordyline fruticosa - Asparagaceae
  • {3} Broussonetia papyrifera - Paper Mulberry - Moraceae
  • {4} Tacca leontopetaloides - Polynesian Arrowroot, Pia - Taccaceae
  • {5} Colocasia esculenta - Taro - Araceae
  • {6} Aleurites moluccanus - Candlenut, Country Walnut - Euphorbiaceae
  • {6} Artocarpus heterophyllus - Jackfruit - Moraceae
  • {6} Musa textilis - Abaca - Musaceae
  • {7} Oryza sativa - Asian Rice cv. Taipei 309 - Poaceae
  • {7} Saccharum officinarum - Sugar Cane - Poaceae
  • {8} Ipomoea batatas - Sweet Potato - Convolvulaceae
  • {9} Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Elephant Yam, Telingo Potato - Araceae
  • {10} Dioscorea bulbifera - Air Potato - Dioscoreaceae
  • {11} Curcuma longa - Zingiberaceae W/C
  • {12} Curcuma longa - Zingiberaceae
  • {13} Boesenbergia rotunda - Fingerroot - Zingiberaceae W/C
  • {14} Alpinia galanga - Greater Galangal - Zingiberaceae W/C
  • {14} Zingiber zerumbet - Bitter Ginger - Zingiberaceae
  • {15} Curcuma longa - Turmeric - Zingiberaceae
  • {0} Lagenaria siceraria - Bushel Gourd, Calabash - Cucurbitaceae
  • WISHLIST ITEM: Alocasia macrorrhizos - Araceae
  • WISHLIST ITEM: Calophyllum inophyllum - Clusiaceae
  • WISHLIST ITEM: Cyrtosperma merkusii - Araceae
  • WISHLIST ITEM: Morinda citrifolia - Rubiaceae
  • WISHLIST ITEM: Piper betel - Piperaceae
  • WISHLIST ITEM: Piper methysticum - Piperaceae

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