botoboto
kareng reng
kawasawas
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Example: This variety is not good for making a canoe as the wood is too soft
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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konkamun
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[kwankamun]
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Example: Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.
Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kwarisus
marawta
mijiro
minim
nageruk
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[naŋe̤:ruk]
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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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nakur
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[nakur]
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Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that taro (Nerei) and Ipomoea (Kwarei) are ready to plant.
Scientific name: Boehmeria platyphylla, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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namatamai
napuer
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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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nasar
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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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nauiri fum
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[nari fem]
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Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.
Scientific name: Melicope bonwickii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekamako
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Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.
Scientific name: Cordia subcordata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekira
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Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.
Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nikinapus
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Example: A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.
Scientific name: Acalypha grandis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nipina
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Example: Take 1 double handful of leaves, mix with dry coconut, roast in fire -- cover w/ banana leaf, tie up roast in fire for 5-10 min, take it down to the sea and the boys who have been circumcised 2 weeks before wash the sore with it. Dries up sore faster and wash skin and adds a fragrance to it. To treat strong fever, take knife and squeeze stem and put shavings on a leaf take 1 handful and mix with water and fill up a cup and pout into 1 bottle -- in morning and afternoon and consume 1 liter/day repeat for second day fever will do down in a few days.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nisu manug
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Example: Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.
Scientific name: Adiantum diaphanum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nukweri pran
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Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.
Scientific name: Austroblechnum melanoaulon, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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numun
pawpawuk
pawpawuk pitew
Takiaew sei tasi
tui-tui
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Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.
Scientific name: Ricinus communis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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utu pitew
wipin akwes
yaku