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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=229420408-22092007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>"Klarased" looks suspiciously like the Latin name of the
genus. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=229420408-22092007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ross Clark</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au
[mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Thomas
Slone<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 20 September 2007 6:41 p.m.<BR><B>To:</B>
Mihalic<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Mihalic] Plants of Madang<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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></BODY></HTML>