ianɨr
kapri iapri
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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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kasusu
koaba
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Example: The fruit of this tree is edible. The stem yields posts for building houses. The wood from the tree is said to be very strong, so larger parts of the tree can be used for house construction. The leaves are used to treat diarrhea. A person chews 4 leaves at a time as long as needed.
Scientific name: Psidium guajava, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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konambre
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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: Johnson Noar
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konuwak
konuwak arwerew
konuwak arwerew
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Example: To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 l bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.
Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwanhinihi
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Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue.If she chews four branches of leaves per treeatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.
Scientific name: Sida cordifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwankwanei
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Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.
Scientific name: Terminalia catappa, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwanwekɨr
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Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).
Scientific name: Barringtonia racemosa, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kɨmisak
manuapen
nakogar
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Example: For Kastom ceremony, chew the leaves with the white endosperm of coconut and then rub on body to enjoy the fragrant aroma. Sometimes when a person is working hard, and are tired, they take this leaf, mix it with ground coconut and wash in salt water. When planting yams, a bunch of leaves with this plant are mixed with wild cane and burned, and the ash put int he ground as one plants the yams.
Scientific name: Pittosporum campbellii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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namatamai
namnamug
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Example: Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.
Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napati
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Example: This is female type. MJB 5068 is male type. When person has diarrhea with blood (dysentry) take a double handful of leaves and mash them in 2 liter water, boil, drink warm 1 cup 3x day until the condition goes away. Stem used for roofing- attac hes to the rafters so thatching and leaves can be attached.
Scientific name: Polyscias schmidii, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napɨr
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Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.
Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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naturena
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Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.
Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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naurapag
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Example: 1. The fruits are eaten by flying foxes. 2. Dried wood are used as torches, and are considered long-lasting.
Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nawa
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Example: Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.
Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nefara
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Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.
Scientific name: Pandanus tectorius, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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neiuk
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Example: If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.
Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nekeimap
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Example: Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. One of many leaves used for this purpose.
Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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neknapus
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Example: The leaves of this plant are warmed over a fire and put warm on the legs of a person who is cold or has a headache, such as from a fever that comes with the flu. See 3076 for additional comments on this technique.
Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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niar
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Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.
Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nkawahai-rea
nukweri ierman
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Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.
Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nurpiteu
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Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Animal Food: Sometimes, green leaves of this plant are fed to goats.
Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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Pawpawuk
penesu
penesu pitew
pirawa ~ firawa
tapinarewen
trimian
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Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.
Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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ume tasiapen
wipin iariman
yapha pshir