kapuapu
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3226)
Example: This is a "calendar plant," tied to the sea. When it flowers, it is time to harvest sea urchins. The dry wood is used to mke a fire when a person has no matches.
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kararɨg feimanu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5072)
Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".
Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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karuarua
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[kawəwə]
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sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)
Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.
Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kavnavini
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kind of plant with sticky seed pods, seeds used medicinally for many ailments, including stomach ache
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kormahak ~ kwarumahakw
krefi
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kind of breadfruit, produces a long breadfruit that tastes very good
Example: The stem of the tree is good for making a canoe
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kuanasiapen
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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.
Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kuanuares
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[kwanrares]
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liana growing into canopy of dysoxylum, in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3034)
Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwankumaha
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[kwankuma]
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shrub to understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3144)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to feed to pigs.
Scientific name: Psychotria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwankwanei
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5085)
Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.
Scientific name: Terminalia catappa, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwankwesi
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kind of taro, has white flesh; this is the common taro
Example: Good for eating
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwareren-akwang
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[nokukəpran]
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herb growing on large rock in open area, in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3117)
Example: People use this plant to treat heartburn and when they get indigestion. Take the leaf and wrap it with Ficus leaves ("manasus" unclear what species), chew them together and swallow the juice until the pain goes away.
Scientific name: Emilia sonchifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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makhum
makhum
makhum
minim
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Blue-spotted spinefoot, coral rabbitfish (fresh water)
Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
Scientific name: Siganus corallinus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe
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nafara
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kind of pandanus
Example: The green leaves are used to weave mats, baskets and hats. The stem is used for making houseposts and also burned as firewood. The ripe fruits are cut open and the seeds are removed and eaten—they taste like coconut and are eaten fresh
Scientific name: Pandanus tectorius, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nageruk
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[naŋe̤:ruk]
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tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3024)
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. Fuel: Used as a firewood.
Scientific name: Geissois denhamii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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naiwan
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kind of taro, has yellow flesh
Example: Good for roasting
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nakoka
nakous sei karkarepa
nanes
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1. kind of tree, 2. small plant with red flowers (var. of nanas), the sap is dangerous it can cause a rash
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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natɨmi
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5066)
Example: Stem used for sawn timber. Eat the nut inside the large fruit. To do this, peel skin off nut and eat raw.
Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nekavai
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[nəfkafa:i]
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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: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekethirau
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5138)
Example: Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.
Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nepar nepar
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[napurnapur]
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small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)
Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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newahu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)
Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.
Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nikathireu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5129)
Example: Ornamental plant.
Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nitei nitei
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terrestrial; leaves up to ca. 2-2.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2616)
Scientific name: Calochlaena straminea, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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noufoua
numben
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subshrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3161)
Example: The leaf of this plant is added to soup in which meat is being cooked, for example, turtle meat, which has a strong smell. If this leaf is placed in the pot, it will make the soup smell better
Scientific name: Ocimum sanctum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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penesu
punwar
sekermandou
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kind of taro, has white flesh, considered the mother of all taro on Tanna
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tapatou
teki tagarua
terang
tikinau ~ talenau
yesu