Chowning 2001

Links

• 10.15144/PL-514.75

References

Sections

• 3.2 Introducing Proto Oceanic plant names
  • The relationship between garden and bush in Proto Oceanic society
• 3.7 Wild plants of primary lowland tropical rain forest
  • Parinari spp., putty nut (Chrysobalanaoeae)
  • Licuala spp., fan palm (Arecaceae)
  • The forest floor
• 3.8 Wild plants of secondary lowland rain forest and grassland
  • Saccharum spontaneum, wild sugarcane (Poaceae)
• 3.9 Staple foods: root crops, bananas, breadfruit and sago
  • Metroxylon spp., sago palm, TP saksak, P hevinat, aevrinat, B natanggura (Arecaceae)
  • Summary
• 3.13 Other cultivated plants
  • Reconstructions

Words

• Kove: kanau Cordia subcordata
• POc: nipaq Nypa fruticans
• POc: sabakap Alstonia scholaris
• POc: piRu(q) fan palm, Licuala sp.
• Kove: lato Dendrocnide excelsa
• POc: kara(t) a small stinging plant, perhaps Laportea interrupta
• POc: qasam fern used for tying and binding, Lygodium circinnatum
• POc: iguRa Ficus species with sandpapery leaves, either Ficus copiosa or Ficus wassa or both