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
karuarua
kirikapóu
konuwak
kuanuiru
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Example: Tools: The roots of this plant are used as a rope to fasten pig’s feet during the kastom ceremony. Landscape: This tree is planted as a shelter tree. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruits of this tree. When hunters desire these birds, they will gather near to this tree. Fuel: The dried wood of this tree is used as a firewood.
Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii?, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kuatiapas
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Example: It is said that when children play in the bush they like to find this coconut to eat. The local name refers to children—small in size, just like a child. It is not considered a good variety for an adult to eat
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwanmatwa
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Example: If a person loses some of his yams in the garden to various conditions, such as poor soil or disease, these two varieties will always continue to grow, being very hardy and resilient. This yam was originally from Iankahi but now the village is losing this variety. However, some people in Port Resolution still grow it
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwarisus
makhum
makhum
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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nareng
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Example: The ripe fruits are the best food for the flying fox. Hunters know this. In older times, people ate the ripe fruit. The bark is used as a traditional "saucepan." Bark is rolled over food such as Island Cabbage or other edible leaves and put on top of the stone oven to cook.
Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nasemer
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Example: The wood is no good for making canoes as it is too soft
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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natahi
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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natuan
nekavai
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Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.
Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nikanyep
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Example: 1. Known as the spirit of kava, the inner stem of young leaves can be eaten as bush fodder.
Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nuack
nuirou
nurabup
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Example: When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts
Scientific name: Weinmannia denhami, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nɨkafai
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Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.
Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nɨkatireu
penesu
pringsiwir
ring
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Example: The hard stem is used for house posts. To protect food in the earth oven from burning, use the peeled bark in large pieces to either wrap around banana leaves or as an extra layer.
Scientific name: Trema cannabina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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tamakao
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Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.
Scientific name: Gallus gallus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tapatou
taupar taupar
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Example: Leaves used to cover laplap and wrap and boil in pot. Kids use papaya petiole to shoot seeds -- game of hide and seen called chung.
Scientific name: Canna indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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yakuonapirawa
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Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.
Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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yapha pshir