blacksan
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kind of cassava. The skin of the root of this variety is red
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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gɨwava
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5079)
Example: Fruits eaten when they turn yellow and are ripe.
Scientific name: Psidium guajava, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kafete
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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karuapeï
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shrubs with long erect stems. white flowers on long pendulous hairy inflorescences (10-15 cm), white flowers with yellowish calyx and long peduncle. Leaves with long petioles (about 5 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #328)
Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp1, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kavitnavit
kiswup, kɨsɨp
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conch shell; type of seashell (triton shell) can be sounded to summon people for a meeting
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kitkit
kon kory
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5099)
Example: Fruits edible and sold in market to earn money.
Scientific name: Dracontomelon vitiense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konianaker
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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kwanapit
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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).
Scientific name: Desmodium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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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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kwareren-akwang
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herb growing on large rock in open area, in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3117)
Example: People use this plant to treat heartburn and when they get indigestion. Take the leaf and wrap it with Ficus leaves ("manasus" unclear what species), chew them together and swallow the juice until the pain goes away.
Scientific name: Emilia sonchifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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makhum
Makwa wi
marao
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Blotcheye soldierfish, bigscale soldierfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
Scientific name: Myripristis berndti via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe
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minin pitew
namatamai
nanen
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tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2986)
Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Flying foxes and pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt these animals.
Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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napkapki
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tree with green sweet-smelling flowers
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Pisonia grandis, 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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nareg
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tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2997)
Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Food: The green leaf of this plant is used as a wrap when cooking fish over a fire. Clothing: The peeled inner bark of this plant is dried and then used as fastener or strap for other clothing during kastom ceremonies.
Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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neapar
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sparsely branched shrub, 1.5-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3083)
Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.
Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nek-ke-hmap
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herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)
Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist
Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekaferang
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epiphyte growing on cyathea trunk, growing along garden trail. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3066)
Example: This plant is used to reduce the pain of toothache. Take the stem and peel it, remove the bark and place the bark against a sore tooth. Keep it is place, until the person feels better. Can use this treatment 2-3 times. It is said to "take the pain away." The tooth may rot away naturally, but this is good for the pain that accompanies toothache. The dried fruits and seeds of the plant can be mixed with pig food, such as coconut, and when the female pigs eat it, they will not have piglets. This is said to be used when a person has too many pigs.
Scientific name: Cyrtandra cymosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekatirou
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shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)
Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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neparum
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vine, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3103)
Example: Before there were many root crops such as taro and cassava, people would use the roots of this plant as a food, after roasting it in the fire. The roots are said to be very large and edible.
Scientific name: Pueraria lobata, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nikanyep
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treelet, 1.5 to 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4243)
Example: 1. Known as the spirit of kava, the inner stem of young leaves can be eaten as bush fodder.
Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nisae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)
Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menstruation), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).
Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukuarangfam
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5133)
Example: Stem for house building. Young leaves are very strong and used as plates during large kastom ceremonies. Sap can be used to cover sores from flies in order to protect it. Stem good for firewood as does not give much smoke--does not bother eyes as much as other wood.
Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukwetau
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arrowhead, used for hunting fish, fowl or flying fox, traditionally made from black palm, now usually from metal
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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Nuwekur
nóropɨg
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kind of tree, leaves used to set chewed kava on, bark infusions for treatment of coughs
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨmu kwatia tasiapen
Pawpawuk
tamakao
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Red Jungle Fowl (male)
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.
Scientific name: Gallus gallus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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teprakaka
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branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4215)
Example: 1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.
Scientific name: Astronidium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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yarman
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kind of yam, has white flesh, soft and sweet, with a very large tuber, and is easy to grow
Example: If it grows in good conditions, the tubers are so large that it takes two people to carry it on a pole
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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yesu
yesu
yesu