Walter and Sam 2002

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• 3.1 Introduction
  • Botanical and ethnographic information and vernacular names
• 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
  • Dracontomelon dao (syn. Dracontomelon mangiferum, Dracontomelon edule), New Guinea walnut, Dragon plum, TP mon, B nakatambol (Anacardiaceae)
  • Planchonella spp., B komtri (Sapotaceae)
  • Garcinia spp. (Clusiaceae)
• 3.9 Staple foods: root crops, bananas, breadfruit and sago
  • Yams, Dioscorea spp.
  • Artocarpus altilis (syn. Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus incisus), breadfruit, TP kapiak, P beletiutu (Moraceae)
• 3.10 Green vegetables and figs
  • Terms for classes of Ficus
  • Ficus copiosa and Ficus wassa, sandpaper cabbage, sandpaper fig, TP kumu musong (Moraceae)
  • Ficus tinctoria, dye fig (Moraceae)
  • Other names for Ficus species
• 3.11 Nut and fruit trees
  • Introduction
  • Canarium spp. (Burseraceae)
  • Inocarpus fagifer, Tahitian chestnut, Pacific chestnut, Polynesian chestnut, TP aila, B namambe (Fabaceae)
  • Barringtonia spp. other than Barringtonia asiatica, cutnut, bush nut, TP pao, B navele (Lecythidaceae)
  • Terminalia spp. (Combretaceae)
  • Pandanus tectorius (syn. Pandanus odoratissimus), coastal pandanus (Pandanaceae)
  • Pandanus dubius (syn. Pandanus compressus) (Pandanaceae)
  • Pandanus conoideus, red fruit pandanus, TP marita (Pandanaceae)
  • Sterculia vitiensis (syn. Sterculia tannaensis) (Sterculiaceae)
  • Pangium edule, pangi, ankle-rattle tree, TP sis, solomon, B navangge, nalake (Flacourtiaceae)
  • Burckella obovata (syn. Bassia erskineana, Payena mentzelii, Illipe hollrungii), red silkwood, TP bukabuk, B naduldule, nandunde (Sapotaceae)
  • Corynocarpus cribbianus (syn. Corynocarpus australasicus, Corynocarpus cribbiana, Helicia cribbiana) (Cocynocarpaceae)
  • Spondias cytherea (syn. Spondias dulcis, Spondias mangifera), golden apple, Polynesian plum, hog plum, Tahitian apple, Bnaos (Anacardiaceae)
  • Syzygium malaccense (syn. Eugenia malaccensis, Eugenia jambos, jambosa malaccensis), Malay apple, rose apple, TP laulau, P kabarae, B nakavika (Myrtaceae)
  • Other nut and fruit trees
• 3.13 Other cultivated plants
  • Aleurites moluccana (syn.Aleurites triloba), candlenut, P kandoltri, Bkandeltri (Euphorbiaceae)
  • Morinda citrifolia, Indian mulberry, yellow wood, P ialotri, Byelotri, noni (Rubiaceae)