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kaipwipi keikwau
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5108)
Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.
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American Cockroach
Example: Photo by buggirl13 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5143)
Example: Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.
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kuanarae
kwanapit
n. herb to 50 cm, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4721)
Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea. A person takes 1 handful of leaves, washes the soil off, chews them and gets the juice out of the leaves, spits out the fibers and left over parts of the leaves. Chew this regularly until the diarrhea goes away if a person has a bad case; for a mild case, chew only once. It is said that a person has to "listen to the plant" until the diarrhea stops. It is said to be better for this condition than Psidium (guava).
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[kwankukepu] n. liana growing into canopy of Myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3092)
Example: The vine of this plant is used to tie an outrigger on to a canoe. Heat up the stem and peel off the outer bark; while it is still warm use it to tie an outrigger to the canoe. When the stem cools it becomes very hard. It is also used to tie sugar cane.
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Redbreasted wrasse
Example: Photo by BBM Explorer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Yellowband parrotfish
Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Pinecone soldierfish, small-eyed squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Sabre squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Marbled parrotfish, seagrass parrortfish
Example: Photo Philippe Bourjon / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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nhawi
nisei
nurap
n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)
Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.
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pawpawuk
t.o Gossamer-winged Butterfly
Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Lined Surgeonfish; small, blue and yellow striped
Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Reef needlefish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Tanna Fruit Dove
Example: Photo by Doug Janson / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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wipin napiran
Orangespotted Trevally (female)
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Black Soldier Fly
Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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