gongong
kaipwipi keikwau
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5108)
Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.
Scientific name: Achyranthes aspera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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konphar
kumhar
kwaruisiur
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epiphyte growing in dense forest. Flowers yellow-orange to bright orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3047)
Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.
Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwonhi taik
marao
murup
nakur
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[nakur]
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2973)
Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that taro (Nerei) and Ipomoea (Kwarei) are ready to plant.
Scientific name: Boehmeria platyphylla, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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namatamai
namatamai
nare
neapsan
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5146)
Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.
Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nikriakei
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tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)
Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nuhak
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5094)
Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.
Scientific name: Ipomoea indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nukuk
nukune-nig
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kind of taro, might be another genus of “taro”. It has a special stone that is specific to this variety
Example: Roasted or boiled for eating
Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nukwaskwas
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terrestrial; leaves 1.0-1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2626)
Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukwetau
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arrowhead, used for hunting fish, fowl or flying fox, traditionally made from black palm, now usually from metal
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nurabup
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[nurapap]
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very well branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3054)
Example: When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts
Scientific name: Weinmannia denhami, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nurap
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3039)
Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.
Scientific name: Ixora aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nɨkinhapus
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kind of tree (used for bows to hunt flying fox, and for traditional medicine), Goats like to eat the leaves.
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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parangi pitew
penesu
punuwas
Takiaew sei tasi
tannapen
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5047)
Example: To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.
Scientific name: Alternanthera brasiliana, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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teprakaka
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branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4215)
Example: 1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.
Scientific name: Astronidium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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utu amramera
wipin iariman
wipin napiran