iepe
kaviahapurɨgpurɨg
kawasawas
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kind of breadfruit, similar to karuarewa but the fruits are larger and with the same small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit
Example: This variety is not good for making a canoe as the wood is too soft
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kawir
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Common Myna
Example: Photos by Byron Chin / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Acridotheres tristis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kipori ia tasiapen
kmtameta, tanpiteu
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low-growing herb, growing in dense forest heavily impacted by cyclone. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3259)
Example: When a person has diarrhea with blood (dysentery) , this is the plant medicine used to treat it. Take leaves and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give this to the person who is ill. One teaspoon for young children and for an adult 1 full cup in the morning each day until fully cured.
Scientific name: Hemigraphis reptans, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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konuwak sarariman
kuanamporo
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5131)
Example: Fruits edible when ripe. For dengue fever, take 1 bundle of leaves and stems, mash and place in pot with 2 L water, boil 30 minutes, drink warm. Drink 1 liter 1x day for 4-6 days depends on strength of dengue. "Sends" dengue out from your body.
Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kwaji yerman sei piak sarawhi
kwanhinihi
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5034)
Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue.If she chews four branches of leaves per treeatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.
Scientific name: Sida cordifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwaninihi
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[kwani̤ni̤]
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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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kwaruisiur
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[kwarwisiwir]
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epiphyte growing in dense forest. Flowers yellow-orange to bright orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3047)
Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.
Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwatɨpunaruveruv
kwenakwa
marpan
nageruk
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[naŋe̤:ruk]
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tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3024)
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. Fuel: Used as a firewood.
Scientific name: Geissois denhamii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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naiwan
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kind of taro, has yellow flesh
Example: Good for roasting
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nanɨs
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5113)
Example: Planted along the coast and used for protection against storms.
Scientific name: Scaevola taccada, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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naprapames
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terrestrial; leaves up to ca. 2 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2611)
Example: 1. When making a ground oven (nimum), these leaves are heaped on the stones, before the oven is buried with dirt.
Scientific name: Pneumatopteris glandulifera (Brack.) Holtt., Speaker: Martial Wahe
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naraufanua
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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and red skin. It can grow long and large in good soil, but is not a sweet yam, more starchy than many others. It is easy to grow
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
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narer
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[nahrɨr]
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tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2993)
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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nasar
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5074)
Example: Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.
Scientific name: Microsorum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nasar
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5111)
Example: Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.
Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nasemer
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kind of breadfruit, produces a very long stem, the highest of any breadfruit, and then forms fruits when it becomes a very tall tree
Example: The wood is no good for making canoes as it is too soft
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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naties
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5024)
Example: To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.
Scientific name: Stachytarpheta cayennensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nawes
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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: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nawha
nhamu
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yam, a kind of yam that is round, not long, with purple or yellow color. Purple ones can be eaten, yellow ones not eaten
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nurabup
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[nurapap]
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very well branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3054)
Example: When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts
Scientific name: Weinmannia denhami, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nusun riwan
nɨpkɨpki
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Pisonia umbrellifera tree, very soft wood, big trunk and branches, has black stinging seed pods
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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pasua
penesu
pepheer phisir
semanu
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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh. It is somewhat smaller in size than most yams, and easy to grow
Example: Is used only for making lap-lap
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tamuni
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kinds of yam. There are two types of this variety—with either red or white flesh
Example: When cooked, as with many yams, children love to eat this variety as it is soft and sweet
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tikinau asori
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)
Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.
Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tukraus
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[təkrowus]
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once-branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3139)
Example: Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.
Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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