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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)
Scientific name: Momordica charantia
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)
Scientific name: Momordica charantia
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[ karwapwe̤j ]
n. liana growing into canopy of myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3093)
Scientific name: Stephania japonica
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n. liana growing into canopy of myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3093)
Scientific name: Stephania japonica
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n. shrubs with long erect stems. white flowers on long pendulous hairy inflorescences (10-15 cm), white flowers with yellowish calyx and long peduncle. Leaves with long petioles (about 5 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #328)
Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp1
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n. shrub. fruits and flowers directly on the stem or short inflorences. mature fruits white (about 1,5 cm l). Leaves with short petioles (about 1 to 3 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #331)
Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp2
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kind of breadfruit, produces small round fruits with small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit. The tree is very tall
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis
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[ kawəwə ]
n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)
Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5143)
Scientific name: Meryta neoebudica
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n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)
Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5143)
Scientific name: Meryta neoebudica
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5120)
Scientific name: Volkameria inermis
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n. kind of plant with sticky seed pods, seeds used medicinally for many ailments, including stomach ache
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kind of breadfruit, similar to karuarewa but the fruits are larger and with the same small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)
Scientific name: Phyllanthus imbricatus
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)
Scientific name: Phyllanthus imbricatus
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n. epiphytic orchid on tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4219)
Scientific name: Dendrobium
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n. herb to subshrub growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. fruits orange to red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3244)
Scientific name: Solanum torvum
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Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary produced by Martial Wahe, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer (2015-2020).
Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Laurence Ramon, Tom A. Ranker, Sean Thackurdeen, and Calvin Heiman. Field data transcribed by Isabella Mandis.
Nafe language contributors include Martial Wahe, Jean Pascal Wahe, Chief Johnson Noar, Emmanuel Maasi, Marie Emmanuel Maasi and others as credited within the dictionary entries. Based in part on materials from Lindstrom, Lamont (1986) Kwamera Dictionary. Pacific Linguistics. Series C, No. 95. Canberra: Australian National University.
The Nafe-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for
“Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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K. David Harrison and Martial Wahe. 2015-2020.
Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary.
Swarthmore College.
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