gongong
karkarepa
kasusu
kirikapóu
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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konapwit
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Example: If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted, it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.
Scientific name: Desmodium incanum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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konianaker
kuankumah
kwanei
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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: Johnson Noar
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marao
nahpao akwes
namatamai
namatamai
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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nanumi
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Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.
Scientific name: Malaxis, 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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narer
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Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal.
Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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narparerep
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Example: Ecological: This plant, which grows near streams, is known to hold water during the dry season. If the plant is harvested, then it is known that the stream will not continue to run. Thus, precaution is taken to keep this plant in good health.
Scientific name: Elatostema macrophyllum, 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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nekoko
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Example: Stem used to make canoe. Easy to cut.
Scientific name: Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nemrapep
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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: Martial Wahe
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nerer
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Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.
Scientific name: Leucosyke australis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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ninikiri
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Example: Used to make lap-lap
Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nisei
nuirou
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Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.
Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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pasua
pawpawuk
pawpawuk
penesu
tarur
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Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.
Scientific name: Calanthe chrysantha, Speaker: Martial 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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tukraus
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Example: The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.
Scientific name: Dracaena sp., Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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