Paul Petard (1912-1980 was a Frenchbotanist who specialized in the study of native plants of French Polynesia. His book Petard Botanical Plant Encyclopedia is still widely used as a reference, especially for information about traditional applications of TahitianNoni[?] juice
... name was sold to Romano Artioli, an Italian entrepreneur. He commissioned a car that was to become the world's fastest, the Bugatti EB110 (so named to honour the ...