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kapa
Spanish flag, stripey
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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karorɨt
kawitnawit
konawa
Threepot squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3031)
Example: Ceremonial: Following circumcision, boys will perform a ritual shower using a mixture of this plant and coconut. The leaves of this plant are mixed with the copra of the coconut and squeezed with water over the boys’ heads. Construction: The wood of this tree is used as rafters in house construction.
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kwanepit
[kwanapwɨt] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers bluish-purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3164)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.
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kwankwanei
kwanuwaras
[kwanuwares] n. vine growing on macaranga and ficus trees, at edge of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3116)
Example: The stem of this plant is used for rope. Heat the stem over a fire, hang it outside to dry, this is said to last longer than metal wire. It is also used to tie sugar cane.
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Brown surgeonfish
Example: Photo by David Burdick / via guamreefli License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5130)
Example: This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5128)
Example: Medicine for gonnorhea. Collect two plants and clean their roots, boil whole in 2 liters water, boil 20-40 minutes, drink the mixture hot, 2 cups a day, 3 weeks. This condition presents as a burning in the penis, along with other issues. For heavy cough, take double handful leaf, boil 10-15 minutes in 1 liter water, 2 cups day warm, for 5 days. Pods used to calm children by shaking as rattle, when they are crying.
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nareg
n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2997)
Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Food: The green leaf of this plant is used as a wrap when cooking fish over a fire. Clothing: The peeled inner bark of this plant is dried and then used as fastener or strap for other clothing during kastom ceremonies.
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nawes
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5091)
Example: When the fruit is ripe, it is put in a pot with water. Fill half of a large bag (2 liters) with fruit, add this to 2 liters of water and macerate the fruit in the water. Drink 2 cups/day of this extract, morning and afternoon, for one week to make skin oily when it is too dry. This is necessary, for example, when a person drinks too much kava and thir skin dries out. Eat young fruits as a protection from someone who wants to do you harm. It is said that the fruit has 10 eyes, and can watch after you. Cover fish with leaves to cook in a fire. Crush and boil pieces of the stem and leaves and
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5080)
Example: When there are too many rats in house, put a layer of leaves underneath a piece of food in the corner of the house. When the rat steps on the leaf, as the underside is itchy, it will swell the leg of the rat, making it hard for him to move so you can find them in the morning and kill them easily.
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newou
n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3079)
Example: Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.
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nukmihia’
nukuk-arman
nukune-nig
numasur
nɨserserien
penesu
Greensnout parrotfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Palecheek parrotfish, Japanese parrotfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Harry hotlips, blubberlip
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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tipurpai
yaku
Green Sea Turtle
Example: Photo by questagame / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org
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Spotted Unicornfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Dash-and-dot goatfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellowstriped goatfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Black Soldier Fly
Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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