Amkea Tasi
fakatangigata
n.
Example: Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))
Scientific name: Dianella ensifolia
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fasua
jito
jito
jito iala
kasifa uiui
kaurounu
kuku
mafe
marau
moiau
mu
mutu fine
nairea
n.
Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))
Scientific name: Ficus
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naireakava
n.
Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))
Scientific name: Myrsine
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nifo ura
n.
Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))
Scientific name: Jasminum
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paru kauroga
paua
paua
pula
sakavesi
sasua
sasua
sukale
sumu
tjinea
Toga Tea
vetei
wauwau
[wauwau]
n.
Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.
Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga
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wowofine
n.
Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))
Scientific name: Alyxia stellata
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