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kamsiwi
Yellow-striped Flutterer
Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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kirepine
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5161)
Example: Leaf mixed with Malaxis sp. (MJB 5154) to treat broken bone. Conjunctivitis (pink eye) drip juice from the stem into the eye 2x day 3 days. Fertility: To cleanse womb squeeze on stem into bottle with water and drink 1L a day for four days to get pregnant.
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n. low-growing herb, growing in dense forest heavily impacted by cyclone. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3259)
Example: When a person has diarrhea with blood (dysentery) , this is the plant medicine used to treat it. Take leaves and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give this to the person who is ill. One teaspoon for young children and for an adult 1 full cup in the morning each day until fully cured.
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Netfin grouper (deep sea)
Example: Photo by Molly Varghese / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips (female)
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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korkwao tanna
kwanapit
n. herb to 50 cm, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4721)
Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea. A person takes 1 handful of leaves, washes the soil off, chews them and gets the juice out of the leaves, spits out the fibers and left over parts of the leaves. Chew this regularly until the diarrhea goes away if a person has a bad case; for a mild case, chew only once. It is said that a person has to "listen to the plant" until the diarrhea stops. It is said to be better for this condition than Psidium (guava).
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makhum
manhewao asori
Giant trevally (deep sea)
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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marawta
Violet squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Marbled parrotfish, seagrass parrortfish
Example: Photo Philippe Bourjon / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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[nako̤ŋhar] n. tree, 7-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3100)
Example: This plant has an aroma, and people are said to take the leaf and squeeze it on them in a shower or while bathing with the purpose of keeping evil spirts away. In particular, this can be used when a person is doing a Toka dance, or when that person is visiting a cemetary, burying a person--to avoid having a problem with the spirits. This can also be used with Euodia hortensis (Plunkett et al. 3077) or alone.
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napkapy
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5027)
Example: Leaves are used as pig feed to make them grow faster. fed to pigs to make them grow faster. Various butterflied can also get stuck on this plant, so bird’s can also get stuck when trying to eat these insects and can then be hunted or collected.
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narukwas
natan
natukian
nawawa
neiapsan
niar
nuiru
nɨkoko
nɨkriakéi
nɨmu kwatia tasiapen
Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier
Example: Photo by Lesley Clements / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Humphead wrasse (male)
Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Caper Gull
Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Fuscous Swallowtail
Example: Photo by obinfiji / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Common parrotfish, palenose parrotfish
Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Dusky parrotfish, swarthy parrotfish
Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Blackfin squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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n. large herb, growing at edge of garden. bracts red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3071)
Example: People use this to cover or wrap banana and cassava prior to cooking in a boiling pot; when the food is cooked the leaf is discarded. Flowers used for decoration. This is an imported cultivated plant.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5116)
Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.
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wipin sarapiran
Striped ponyfish (female)
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Sidespot goatfish
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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