Nafe (Kwamera)

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lutjanus bohar via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gerres erythrourus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Fresh vine is collected and used to tie parts of the house together. Can drink water from stem. Fruits-seed used as necklace especially for kastom dance.

Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Charonia tritonis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Kyphosus vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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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 bundles 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: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus vulpinus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus canaliculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus erythracanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: A ripe nut, dry and brown on outside, with developed flesh which falls from the tree, not good for eating but used for pressing coconut oil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Locally known as a “Chief’s Yam” as it is given to the Chief as a gift because it is one of the original yam varieties grown on Tanna

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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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: Emmanuel Maasi

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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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: To treat anemia, known as low blood, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 cup water, and drink 1 cup daily 5 days. Leaves also fed to pigs to help them grow faster.

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by charlie20 / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chlorurus microrhinos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus lineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus lineatus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus lineatus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

Scientific name: Excoecaria agallocha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Used for cooking (boiling)

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar