Iakunwis
kapapu
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tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)
Example: People use this plant for firewood
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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karkarepa
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vine, to 4 m off forest floor (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3260)
Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.
Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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keipeipie iasuck
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)
Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
Scientific name: Phyllanthus imbricatus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kieri
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Pacific Imperial Pigeon
Example: Photo by Jake Osborne, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Ducula pacifica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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koniere
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tree, 12-13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3089)
Example: The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.
Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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makhum
manto billy
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kind of cassava, produces a tall plant with small roots
Example: Small roots are roasted in the earth oven or over the fire
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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maramara
mark apamus
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Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove
Example: Photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Scientific name: Macropygia mackinlayi, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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napuei mhia
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stage 5 in the development of coconuts, a ripe nut, dry and brown on outside, with developed flesh which falls from the tree, not good for eating but used for pressing coconut oil
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nare
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herb to 1.5 m tall, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4722)
Example: This plant is used to welcome people by weaving the leaves and flowers into a head lei, locally known as a Kuanari. If there are no flowers, people weave the leaves and use these to welcome visitors. This species is becoming an invasive in the area.
Scientific name: Hedychium coronarium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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natis
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terrestrial herb, 0.8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3068)
Example: People use this to make a broom, by cutting the roots and tying a bundle of stems together. The leaves fall off naturally and this is used as a broom.
Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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natukian
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epiphyte, growing in dense rainforest. sterile (with old inflorescences). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4221)
Example: 1. During good weather it is considered taputo cut this plant. If one does do so, bad weather is expected to happen.
Scientific name: Collospermum montanum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nawawa
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well branched tree, 10 m tall
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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neiuck
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5106)
Example: If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.
Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekavai
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liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3009)
Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.
Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nemrapep
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epiphyte growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2991)
Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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niras
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5087)
Example: Very poison sap and leaves. When in fruit the fruit bat eat this and can’t fly well so fall down and can be harvested.
Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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noufoua
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tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3010)
Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.
Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nuapam
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liana growing into the canopy of dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3046)
Example: Agricultural: When it is time to harvest the first crop of yam (~ April 1st), the 1st yam (’Nuk’) is put inside the hole from where it was harvested with one or two green leaves of this plant.
Scientific name: Oxera lehuntei, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nuirou
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type of flowering plant
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, 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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numun
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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nɨkava tapuga
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kind of kava artificially sprouted at an upper node of a planted cutting (large tapuga are exchanged during circumcision feasts)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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penesu
penesu
penesu
penesu
pepheer
pirawa ~ firawa
punuwas
ruareng
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shrub, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3155)
Example: To treat constipation, squeeze a handful of leaves into a half cup of room temperature water, and 10 minutes later the bowel will move. It is said to taste nasty.
Scientific name: Clerodendrum inerme, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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sap sap
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herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3146)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.
Scientific name: (comp), Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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