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akwata ro mata ro plen riji
gongong
Striped ponyfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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[jare̤mə̤] n. herb, growing along open garden path. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3084)
Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.
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n. sprawling herb, with erect flowering stems (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3237)
Example: Children take the inflorescence of this plant and use it to find and poke lizards hiding in the bush. For treatment of an unspecified spiritual sickness, chew 2, 2" pieces of the stem to get rid of the sickness, spitting the material on the hair and body of an ill person; use only 1 time.
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Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper, red bass
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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mafiji
marao
marao
Whitetip soldierfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5112)
Example: To make rain, take four branches, mixed with Zingiber zerumbet (5078). Leave for one week until it rots and smells bad. Move it to the land and it will rain. Leaf is used to stop lightning and thunder. Take four leaves mash, cut a forked stick of Natchy (5019) take outer bark off, put in fire to warm it, wrap with leaf, put in ffront of you in ground and when lightning is coming break off the fork and the thunder will stop. Children eat the fruits.
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napuer
nareng
n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3235)
Example: The ripe fruits are the best food for the flying fox. Hunters know this. In older times, people ate the ripe fruit. The bark is used as a traditional "saucepan." Bark is rolled over food such as Island Cabbage or other edible leaves and put on top of the stone oven to cook.
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nisei
numben
nɨserserien
pagaivii pitew
Redbreasted wrasse
Example: Photo by BBM Explorer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Red parrotfish
Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Hound needlefish, crocodile long-tom
Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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sap sap
n. 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.
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Coi’s Goniobranchus
Example: Photo by eschlogl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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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. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4246)
Example: 1. The inner bark is used to prepared a medicine to relieve upset stomachs. First, the inner bark is scratched until a handful is produced. Then the bark is squeezed with water until a small glass is filled. The decoction is consumed to relive upset stomachs. 2. The leaves are used to fashion a poultice to heal sores and boils.
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ume tasiapen
Elongate unicornfish, slender unicornfish (deep sea)
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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