fwaga
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1. light colored volcanic stone used as a whetstone for sharpening knives, 2. big man, wise man
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kafa
kakeakei
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terrestrial fern growing in weedy patch with other herbs at edge of open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3253)
Example: Used as a medicine to treat children who cannot walk. Rub smashed leaves on the knee of a child, "he will walk." For a child about 1 year old, rub the leaves on the knee and underside of the foot. This will make the child walk "easily and quickly." and will make the leg "lighter."
Scientific name: Blechnum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kapapu
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tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)
Example: People use this plant for firewood
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kapuapu
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tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2978)
Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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karuapei
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[karwapwe̤j]
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liana growing into canopy of myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3093)
Example: The stems of this plant are heated, the outer bark peeled off and the stems are used as a rope.
Scientific name: Stephania japonica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kesy
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5101)
Example: To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in 2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.
Scientific name: Carica papaya, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konianaker
konianaker
koniapit
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[kwanjapɨp]
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weedy vine growing over boulders in dry streambed. Corolla pink turning bluish. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2794)
Scientific name: Desmodium intortum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kormahak ~ kwarumahakw
kwankumaha
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[kwankuma]
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shrub to understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3144)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to feed to pigs.
Scientific name: Psychotria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kɨtkɨt
mak afuman
Makwa
manarum
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kind of breadfruit, produces a large fruit with a smooth skin and very sweet flesh
Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nakogar
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[nakoŋ har]
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tree to 4 m tall, 25 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #4734)
Example: For Kastom ceremony, chew the leaves with the white endosperm of coconut and then rub on body to enjoy the fragrant aroma. Sometimes when a person is working hard, and are tired, they take this leaf, mix it with ground coconut and wash in salt water. When planting yams, a bunch of leaves with this plant are mixed with wild cane and burned, and the ash put int he ground as one plants the yams.
Scientific name: Pittosporum campbellii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nakoka
namarban
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[name̤rbun]
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kind of tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3126)
Example: This tree is a good timber for rafters, the wood is soft. The English name is "Christmas Tree."
Scientific name: Serianthes ebudarum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nawes
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5091)
Example: When the fruit is ripe, it is put in a pot with water. Fill half of a large bag (2 liters) with fruit, add this to 2 liters of water and macerate the fruit in the water. Drink 2 cups/day of this extract, morning and afternoon, for one week to make skin oily when it is too dry. This is necessary, for example, when a person drinks too much kava and thir skin dries out. Eat young fruits as a protection from someone who wants to do you harm. It is said that the fruit has 10 eyes, and can watch after you. Cover fish with leaves to cook in a fire. Crush and boil pieces of the stem and leaves and
Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekes kes
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parasite on fallen ficus branch, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3136)
Example: When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.
Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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neknapus
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sparsely branched shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3081)
Example: The leaves of this plant are warmed over a fire and put warm on the legs of a person who is cold or has a headache, such as from a fever that comes with the flu. See 3076 for additional comments on this technique.
Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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ngarehma
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shrub, 4-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3090)
Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.
Scientific name: Leea indica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nulangly
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5139)
Example: Ornamental plant. Known to be poisonous.
Scientific name: Cascabela thevetia, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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numben
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subshrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3161)
Example: The leaf of this plant is added to soup in which meat is being cooked, for example, turtle meat, which has a strong smell. If this leaf is placed in the pot, it will make the soup smell better
Scientific name: Ocimum sanctum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nurap
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3039)
Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.
Scientific name: Ixora aneityensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nuviavia
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decorative plant (Crinum sp.), Bislama: white lily. A kind of wild taro, eaten.
(Bislama) nuviavia
Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨmrakw
pasuwa
reyai
tipurpai
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[tɨpurpaɪ]
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tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2980)
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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uritonga