iambus
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Example: Has a spreading habit in the garden. The tuber is soft and easy to boil
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kapa
kenasenas
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Example: The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.
Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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konianaker
konianaker
kuanasenash
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Example: For the kastom ceremonies, this can provide the face paint color yellow. Cut open the ripe fruit and paint directly with this. Prior to artificial colors, people used this for yellow and Bixa orellana for red to paint faces and skin.
Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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makhum
manari-ianupag
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Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.
Scientific name: Maoutia diversifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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marawta
minin
nafwerouk
natis
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Example: People use this to make a broom, by cutting the roots and tying a bundle of stems together. The leaves fall off naturally and this is used as a broom.
Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nemrapep
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[nemra:pɨp]
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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.
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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niemhis
nukmihia’
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Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used by children in a game to imitate the devil. 2. It is considered tapu to make firewood from this tree. It tis thought the yam stems will dry and the fruits will be sub-par as a result.
Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nuwa
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Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.
Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nɨfeg
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Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.
Scientific name: Macaranga, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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pagaivii phisir sarapiran
pasuwa
pawpawuk
pawpawuk
phuma phisir
tera
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Example: Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover bol. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).
Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tikirkak
tumien
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Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.
Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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tuvai
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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: Emmanuel Maasi
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wipin iariman
wipin iariman