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-aiu
-aku
-amtér
-arari
-arukwɨpin
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iaremha
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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kapuapu
karkarepa
katata ~ katate
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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Blubberlip snapper
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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n. subshrub, 75 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3236)
Example: This plant is used as a source of fiber to make grass skirts. Gather a lot of stems, place in seawater with a stone on top (the process known as retting) for one month. Collect the stems, pull off the bark and remove the fiber, allowing it to dry in the sun until it bleaches white, when it can be woven into the traditional grass skirt.
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Splitlevel hogfish, blackbelt hogfish
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4245)
Example: 1. The fruits are chewed for their juice and the remainder spit out. Locals refer to this as drinking the fruit. 2. The wood of the tree can be used as a post or rafter in either western-style or traditional style homes. 3. When in flower it is considered an appropriate time to clear a garden path for planting. When in fruit, it is time to plant yams in one’s garden.
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kurgen
Greasy grouper (reef fish)
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Asian House Gecko
Example: Photo by givernykate / 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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Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp
Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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narukwás
nasemer
nek-ke-hmap
[neke hmup] n. herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)
Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist.
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n. liana growing up a damaged macaranga dioica tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowering spadices green to tannish-yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3241)
Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.
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nurap
penesu
Bleeker’s parrotfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellowbanded sweetlips
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Grey large-eye bream
Example: Photo by BEDO (Thailand), License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Whitespotted Surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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tehmian
n. shrub, 3-3.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3245)
Example: Children eat the ripe fruits of this plant. If a person has a sore, mash the leaves and put it on the sore to heal it. To ease delivery of a child, squeeze juice from many leaves into a 1.5 l bottle and drink all at once. This will facilitate delivery.
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tɨmhien
yanar
Squaretail mullet
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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