Sponsorship Set of 3 'Āmo'a

• Species:

Nephorolepis biserrata,

Nephorolepis hirsutula

• Common name: 'āmo'a

• Family: Nephrolepidaceae

• Biogeographic status: indigenous

Terrestrial or epiphytic, these ferns are normally common in forest valleys, apape forests ( Rhus taitensis ) and mara forests ( Neonauclea forsteri ). Its uses by the ancients were both medicinal and ornamental. According to Paul Pétard, N. biserrata was reserved for the treatment of umbilical ulcerations in newborns following the fall of the cord.

We offer to sponsor an assortment of 3 of these species. They will be chosen according to the species in multiplication.