[Mihalic] galip

[Robin Hide]

Re: galip

1. The commonest , most significant, Canarium species producing an edible 
nut in NG generally is clearly Canarium indicum (see Yen 1996, and other 
papers in the same volume); but several other species also produce nuts 
that are eaten, including C. kaniense, C. lamii, C. salomonense 
(particularly in Bougainville), and C. decumanum (Manus). Although firm 
ethnobotanical information appears to be lacking, I would assume these (or 
some of them) are (or may be) also called galip by TP speakers. Kocher 
Schmid (n.d.) for instance notes this:  “galip -Canarium indicum and other 
C. spp”; and, in the case of timber, see Eddowes (1977) use of the term as 
a “Standard Trade Common Name” that includes other C. spp.
Note that in recent years there has been an attempt to use galip as the 
official common name for only C. indicum  (Evans 1966: 11-13; Bourke 1996: 
46; French 1986: 163-166).

2.  Confusingly, there are a few parts of PNG where the TP galip is also 
used to refer to Terminalia kaernbachii, for which the usual TP/common name 
is okari  (e.g. Daribi speakers at Karimui in Simbu  province,  Hide et 
al  1984: 215).

3. Chowning (2001: 82) pointed out that Mihalic was originally wrong in 
defining galip as ‘Tahitian chestnut’ (e,g, Inocarpus ..)


References cited:

Bourke, R.M. 1996. Edible Indigenous Nuts in Papua New Guinea. In: Stevens, 
M.L., Bourke, R.M., and Evans, B.R. ed. South Pacific Indigenous Nuts: 
Proceedings of a Workshop Held From 31 October to 4 November 1994 at le 
Lagon Resort, Port Vila, Vanuatu. ACIAR Proceedings No. 69. Canberra, 
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 45-55.

Chowning, A. 2001. Proto Melanesian plant names reconsidered. In: Pawley, 
A., Ross, M., and Tryon, D. ed. The boy from Bundaberg : studies in 
Melanesian linguistics in honour of Tom Dutton. Canberra, Pacific 
Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, 
Australian  National University, 75-87.

Eddowes, P.J. 1977. Commercial timbers of Papua New Guinea: their 
properties and uses. Port Moresby, DPI.

Evans, B. 1996. Overview of resource potential for indigenous nut 
production in the South Pacific. In: Stevens, M.L., Bourke, R.M., and 
Evans, B.R. ed. South Pacific Indigenous Nuts: Proceedings of a Workshop 
Held From 31 October to 4 November 1994 at le Lagon Resort, Port Vila, 
Vanuatu. ACIAR Proceedings No. 69. Canberra, Australian Centre for 
International Agricultural Research, 10-35.

French, B.R. 1986. Food Plants of Papua New Guinea: A Compendium. 
<http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/bk/french/index.html>http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/bk/french/index.html.
Sheffield, Tasmania, Privately printed.

Hide, R.L., Goodbody, S., and Gertru, G. 1984. Agriculture. In: Hide, R.L. 
ed. South Simbu: Studies in Demography, Nutrition, and Subsistence
Research Report of the Simbu Land Use Project Vol. VI. Research Report of 
the Simbu Land Use Project Vol. VI. Port Moresby, Institute of Applied 
Social and Economic Research, 206-289.

Kocher Schmidt, C. (n.d.) Methods work sheet 3: Terms in neo-melanesian 
pidgin for plants and animals a compilation from various sources, The 
Future of Rainforest Peoples- Papua New Guinea Working Group (FRP­PNG).

Yen, D.E. 1996. Melanesian arboriculture: historical perspectives with 
emphasis on the Genus Canarium. In: Steven, M.L., Bourke, R.M., and Evans, 
B.R. ed. South Pacific Indigenous Nuts. Canberra, Australian Centre for 
International Agricultural Research, 36-44.


At 08:52 PM 18/11/2004, you wrote:

>There's a query under galip nut about what the English common name is and what
>the exact species should be. After googling for some time, it seems the 
>species
>we have in PNG is Canarium indicum. The most common English name on several
>sites is galip.
>(eg www.asopa.com.au/mail/2004/jan_04.htm or
>pbarc.ars.usda.gov/pages/research/tpgrmu/canarium.shtml)
>
>craig volker

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