kapapu
karikao
kipori ia tasiapen
kipori ia tasiapen
kuankiriage
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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.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kwankoukeipou
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Example: Useful rope for Tanna’s peoples, for tightening a traditional house, canoe and other uses. Photo taken at Mount Simian, south Tanna, Vanuatu, by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Smilax Vitiensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kwareren-akwang
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[nokukəpran]
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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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marimari
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Example: To treat indigestion, take 5 roots from 5 different plants, clean, grate into 600mL bottle of water. Drink one bottle twice daily. In Tanna, people use this plant to make rain, thunder, or to stop the rain. To make rain, take a big pile of this plant’s leaves, tie them in a bundle with a rope, and put into the sea. When the leaves start rotting, usually after one week, the rain will come.
Scientific name: Zingiber zerumbet, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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namarban
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Example: This tree is a good timber for rafters, the wood is soft. The English name is "Christmas Tree."
Scientific name: Serianthes ebudarum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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naraufanua
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Example: Locally known as a “Chief’s Yam” as it is given to the Chief as a gift because it is one of the original yam varieties grown on Tanna
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nasiaben
nathan
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Example: Timber. Birds are known to eat this fruit so people can hunt near the tree. Unspecified medicine.
Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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natimi
nauri
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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.
Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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neapar
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Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.
Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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neapsan
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Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.
Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekaferang
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Example: This plant is used to reduce the pain of toothache. Take the stem and peel it, remove the bark and place the bark against a sore tooth. Keep it is place, until the person feels better. Can use this treatment 2-3 times. It is said to "take the pain away." The tooth may rot away naturally, but this is good for the pain that accompanies toothache. The dried fruits and seeds of the plant can be mixed with pig food, such as coconut, and when the female pigs eat it, they will not have piglets. This is said to be used when a person has too many pigs.
Scientific name: Cyrtandra cymosa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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neparum
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Example: Before there were many root crops such as taro and cassava, people would use the roots of this plant as a food, after roasting it in the fire. The roots are said to be very large and edible.
Scientific name: Pueraria lobata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nepeka
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Example: The fiber from this variety (from the sheath base) is used for kastom ceremonies to cover kava when the young boys are coming out from their circumcision houses. This fiber is also wrapped around the middle of a bow to give it strength and help prevent it from cracking. The fiber can also be used to make a sleeping hammock as it is strong and clean
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nikiskes
ning
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Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.
Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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noukwetao
nuapam
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Example: Agricultural: When it is time to harvest the first crop of yam (~ April 1st), the 1st yam (’Nuk’) is put inside the hole from where it was harvested with one or two green leaves of this plant.
Scientific name: Oxera lehuntei, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukune-nig
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Example: Roasted or boiled for eating
Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nukunenap
penesu
penesu
pirawa ~ firawa
tarur
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Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.
Scientific name: Calanthe chrysantha, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tasiapen
teperpei
tesereng
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Example: There is a story that an evil spirit stole this yam during the time of the ancestors, taking it from this area to the other side of the volcano. Because the spirit took the best part of the yam, leaving the worst part, this one became hard to grow
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tuprepai
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Example: The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood
Scientific name: Claoxylon, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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