iaku iaku
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Example: For Asthma, take one handful of shaved stem with 1/2 L water. Boil in a pot 5-10 minutes, a drink 1 warm cup two times a day for one week.
Scientific name: Chamaesyce, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kakwasia
karkarepa
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Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.
Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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karuarua
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Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.
Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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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
kotauiruan
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Example: This plant is used as a source of fiber to make grass skirts. Gather a lot of stems, place in seawater with a stone on top (the process known as retting) for one month. Collect the stems, pull off the bark and remove the fiber, allowing it to dry in the sun until it bleaches white, when it can be woven into the traditional grass skirt.
Scientific name: Urena lobata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kuankuanae
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Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.
Scientific name: Terminalia catappa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kuetawirua
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Example: When this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in budles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.
Scientific name: Urena lobata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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namatamai
naties
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Example: To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.
Scientific name: Stachytarpheta cayennensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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naturan
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Example: 1. The plant is used entirely to produce grass skirts, known as raus. First the plant is retted in hot water and left to sun dry. Then portions of the plant are sewn together or draped over a waist band to form an ankle-length skirt.
Scientific name: Phlegmariurus oceanianus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nauiri fum
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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. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.
Scientific name: Melicope bonwickii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nauropane
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Example: To treat constipation, take 1 handful of leaf, squeeze in water (small beer bottle size) drink the bottle all at once to loosen stool. Ripe fruits are eaten--as they are very sweet.
Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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neiuck
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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: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekamako
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Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.
Scientific name: Cordia subcordata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekethirau
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Example: Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.
Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekfai
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Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.
Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nikriakei
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Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nkhaourakou
nukwaskwas
nukweri pran
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Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.
Scientific name: Austroblechnum melanoaulon, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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penesu
penesu
penesu
pirei pirei
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Example: Used in an unspecified way for pregnant women to ensure the baby to grow well. Used in an unspecified way to control the weather.
Scientific name: Commelina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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terag
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Example: Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.
Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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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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tuai
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Example: This tree is a source of good, hard wood. It is used to make children’s bows as well as for house construction.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tukros ~ tukraus
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Example: Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.
Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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