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<div>I recently obtained a copy of the book,<i> Useful Plants of
Salemben Village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea</i> by Amova
Petir, Dum Materem, Pakong Yapong, Sakel Mukarek, Moyang Okira and Tim
Platts-Mills (Christensen Research Institute, 1996). There are a
few TP terms in there that I haven't seen elsewhere. Any
comments on how widespread these are?</div>
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<div>Kuranga (p. 32): "fish tail palm" (<i>Caryota
rumphiana</i>)</div>
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<div>Tumbuna brus (p. 39): a leaf that was traditionally smoked like
tobacco; it is no longer used (<i>Erigeron sumatrensis</i>). I suspect
there may have been other plants used as tobacco that may be referred
to locally as "tumbuna brus"; anyone know any?</div>
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<div>Klarased (p. 40): an introduced tree that is used to provide
shade, improve soils and make fences (<i>Gliricidia sepium</i>).
Unclear what the etymology is here.</div>
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<div>Pawpaw diwai (p. 50): large tree with edible fruits; seeds are
used for decoration and to make a rattle (<i>Pouteria
macklayana</i>)</div>
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<div>Skin diwai (p. 66): A tree in the cinnamon genus (<i>Cinamomum
culillawan</i>), the bark is used medicinally (hence the name) and the
wood is valuable source of timber.</div>
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<div>Wel galip (p. 67): The authors identify this as an unknown but
different species of<i> Canarium</i>, "The nut is smaller than
that from the Galip Trees (<i>Canarium indicum</i>) that are abundant
on Karkar Island." This addresses the query for theg galip
entry. It has an edible nut and the tree is used for
timber.</div>
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<div>Wel kapok (p. 85): Used for timing the creation and planting of
new gardens (<i>Bombax ceiba</i>).</div>
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<div>Limbum (p. 94): A different species of palm (<i>Gulubia
costata</i>) than is identified in Mihalic (<i>Kentiopsis
archontophoenix</i>) that is also used for flooring.</div>
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<div>--Tom Slone</div>
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