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Iakunwis
karorɨt
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)
Example: Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.
Scientific name: Momordica charantia, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kesiesi
konapit
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5070)
Example: To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 L bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.
Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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koniere
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tree, 12-13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3089)
Example: The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.
Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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konpir
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liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees, at edge of disturbed agro-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3087)
Example: The fiber from the stem is used to make a local rope used to tie thatch on the house. Also used to make an armband to put on the Nisei (Euodia hortensis) leaves (Plunkett et al.#3077).
Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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konpir
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5136)
Example: To tie the wall of a house, strip off leaves and tie fresh to house.
Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kuansus
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)
Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kuanuares
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liana growing into canopy of dysoxylum, in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3034)
Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kwanam poro
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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: Johnson Noar
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mai-nɨfara
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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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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namatamai
nameyo
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kinds of yam. There are sub-varieties of this that produce tubers with either red or white flesh
Example: Only used for making lap-lap for kastom ceremonies
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nanumi
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5154)
Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.
Scientific name: Malaxis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napɨk
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5130)
Example: This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.
Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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naruakiri
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herb, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3082)
Example: To make a strap to hold the ornamental fiber "Nisei" (Plunkett et al #3077) on a person’s arm. Dry the stem, remove the fibers, and weakve into a strap. There is a legend that is told about this plant, concerning a rat and a fox. The rat and fox stole a banana from the Devil’s garden. The Devil caught the fox and told him not to come back. The rat said "lets go to the garden" and teh fox said no. The rat said "go take these leaves, and tie the leaves with coconut fiber--and he told the fox to lie down and the rat sewed the leaaves on the fox. So, the rat an
Scientific name: Donax canniformis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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natuan
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)
Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.
Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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natɨmi
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5066)
Example: Stem used for sawn timber. Eat the nut inside the large fruit. To do this, peel skin off nut and eat raw.
Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nauaua
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large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4226)
Example: 1. Flying foxes are attracted to the flowers. 2. The bole is used to make end posts of western style houses known as nimah itoga. 3. Wood is used to make axe handles.
Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekeskes-apran
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small fern growing on decaying log in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3121)
Scientific name: Asplenium cf. caudatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nemrapep
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epiphyte growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2991)
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.
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nipirey
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5017)
Example: Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.
Scientific name: Polyscias cumingiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nisai-apran
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tree to 3 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant ...
Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nisei
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shrub, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3077)
Example: This plant is used as a fiber; dry the leaves in the sun, and use them to make a grass skirt or other type of dress. Person in photo with this fiber on his arm is Narau Nasiv.
Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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noufoua
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tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3010)
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: Emmanuel Maasi
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nuak
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vine climbing up ficus wasa tree to a height of 5 m above ground, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers purplish-blue with white throat. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3242)
Example: When women go to the garden and have a backpack or basket, they tie it up with this vine--the vine makes an excellent rope overall. When a person catches a bird, climb a tree and put sap from this vine in its eye to blind him so he does not fly away. Apply this to small chicks in their nest. Birds then will grow to eating size and not fly away. When children have an ear infection that yields pus, chew the young leaves of this plant and spit into their ear to stop the pus that is coming out. If a person wants to drink from a pool of dirty water, put the vine in it to help purify the water.
Scientific name: Ipomoea acuminata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukweri pran
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terrestrial; leaves dimorphic, ca. 0.6-0.7 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2615)
Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.
Scientific name: Austroblechnum melanoaulon, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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pepheer
rerenakuang
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herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)
Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.
Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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ros
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shrub to 1 m tall, flowers red. Ornamental plant in homestead garden. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4735)
Example: Ornamental plant
Scientific name: Rosa chinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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tapatou
teki kusan
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kind of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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turaimien
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5121)
Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Nothocnide repanda (MB 5122), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.
Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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yaku
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
Scientific name: Eretmochelys imbricata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe
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Yapkapin
yesu