kamkariamkari
kaprihapry
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Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.
Scientific name: Mimosa pudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kararɨg feimanu
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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
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kauyei
kiri
kuanae
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Example: Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).
Scientific name: Guettarda speciosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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makhum
Marama akwes
marao
marawta
nakhour
nameramer
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Example: Construction: The vine of this tree is used as rope to fasten members of a house or bundles of sugar cane. It is not considered a strong rope.
Scientific name: Hoya australis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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natehi
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Example: The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nawirek
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Example: When there are too many rats in house, put a layer of leaves underneath a piece of food in the corner of the house. When the rat steps on the leaf, as the underside is itchy, it will swell the leg of the rat, making it hard for him to move so you can find them in the morning and kill them easily.
Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nawɨrak
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Example: When there are too many rats in house, put a layer of leaves underneath a piece of food in the corner of the house. When the rat steps on the leaf, as the underside is itchy, it will swell the leg of the rat, making it hard for him to move so you can find them in the morning and kill them easily.
Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nier
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Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.
Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, 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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nimewae
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Example: Use stem to build roof rafters. Before people had matches, this plant was used to light fires by rubbing one stem of this against another piece of the same tree.
Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nipar
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Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.
Scientific name: Calophyllum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nipina
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Example: When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.
Scientific name: Murraya, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nuirou
pirawa ~ firawa
rerinitakuang
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Example: Used to wipe yam for good luck when planting. Take leaves and wipe the yam tuber. Once this tuber is planted, it will grow better due to the luck blessing.
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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teki tagarua
tipurpai
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Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of house. It is considered a strong wood.
Scientific name: Claoxylon fallax, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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ume tasiapen
yesu