kenasenas
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epiphytic orchid on tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4219)
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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kesiesi
kitkit
kouwehew
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kind of shell, with smooth black color
Example: edible shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kueria ia natom
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Variable Goshawk
Example: Photo by olanuxer / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Accipiter hiogaster, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kurgen
kwaji yerman sei piak sarawhi
kwaninihi
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herb to 1 m, flowers yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4730)
Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.
Scientific name: Sida, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwankɨnhi
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the remnant of the planted taro form which a new tuber has developed (at the base of the harvested root)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kweiei
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Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth, small silver scaled fish
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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mangoprupu
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kind of mango, the fruit of this variety is round and has a very nice smell
Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napuei tafa
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stage 1 in the development of coconuts, very small, not ready to eat or for any other use
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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napur
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5128)
Example: Medicine for gonnorhea. Collect two plants and clean their roots, boil whole in 2 liters water, boil 20-40 minutes, drink the mixture hot, 2 cups a day, 3 weeks. This condition presents as a burning in the penis, along with other issues. For heavy cough, take double handful leaf, boil 10-15 minutes in 1 liter water, 2 cups day warm, for 5 days. Pods used to calm children by shaking as rattle, when they are crying.
Scientific name: Cassia, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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natehi
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well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3125)
Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.
Scientific name: Ervatamia orientalis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nawes
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tree to 6 m tall, dbh 40 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4740)
Example: Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.
Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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neimeiraer
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)
Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.
Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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neiuck
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5106)
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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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5162)
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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nekeinap
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3248)
Example: When people chew the kava root for processing, they spit it on this leaf. It is sort of a magic leaf for picking up a person--put 4 leaves together, 2 per side and then lift the person up.
Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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neper
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)
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: Martial Wahe
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nikis
nitata
nkhaourakou
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5083)
Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).
Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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noukwerang
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tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area.
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Barringtonia asiatica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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pawpawuk
penesu
reyai
tarakisi
terang
tuai
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large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4236)
Example: 1. Pidgeons ear the fruits. 2. The wood, being pliable, is used to fashion the limbs of hunting bows. 3. The bole is used as posts in western style houses.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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wipin napiran
wipin sarapiran
yesu