Paul Petard

French botanist

Paul Pétard (1912–1980) was a French botanist who specialized in the study of native plants of French Polynesia.^[1] His 1986 book Quelques plantes utiles de Polynésie française et Raau Tahiti^[2] is still widely used as a reference, and contains much information about traditional applications of Tahitian Noni juice. He held a doctorate in pharmacy.

References

^ Whistler, W. Arthur (2015). "Annotated List of Tahitian Plant Names". Allertonia. 14: 1–116 – via JSTOR.
^ Petard, Paul (2019). "Plantes utiles de Polynésie et rā'au tahiti". Editions Haere Po. pp. 1–400. ISBN 9 791090 158375.