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Scientific name: Zosterops vellalavella, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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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

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gerres filamentosus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Scientific name: Gerres oblongus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp2, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Phyllidia madangensis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

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Example: To make tattoo, draw design and then take youngest emerging stem and rub along design. Follow design and it will burn a design in your skin. Birds eat fruits as do fruit bats.

Scientific name: Alchornea scandens, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Scientific name: Burckella, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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[kwankuma] n.

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to feed to pigs.

Scientific name: Psychotria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus lineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Only used for making lap-lap for kastom ceremonies

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

[namrami:ri] n.

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create any part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Hunting: Pidgeons are attracted to this plant for their fruit. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the pidgeon.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Poisonous plant. Planted near cultivated garden to kill virus in soil.

Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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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.

Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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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: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.

Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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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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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: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: The hard stem is used for house posts. To protect food in the earth oven from burning, use the peeled bark in large pieces to either wrap around banana leaves or as an extra layer.

Scientific name: Trema cannabina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tuwa:i] n.

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is also used to make dugout canoes. Tool: The wood of this plant is used to create the study part of a bow. It is noted, however, that there are better woods for this purpose.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Used for cooking (boiling)

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar