Plant Records from Caroline Islands — GlassmaN 
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TABLE 1 
Vernacular Plant Names from Six Islands in the Eastern Carolines 
ISLANDS AND VERNACULAR PLANT NAMES 
plant species 
KUSAIE 
PINGELAP 
MOKIL 
PONAPE 
ANT 
TRUK 
Microsorium 
kaim-kaim, 
kiteu 
kamakam 
kitieu 
see-see 
chichi, 
scolopendria 
kemkem 
onnum 
Nephrolepis spp. 
fah, fuah 
pues, pue 
boh 
rah til, 
ahmereh 
amare, emere. 
rawtil 
amere 
Pteris tripartita 
peypey-eni 
papa-ni 
. 
Annona muricata 
truka shai 
sae 
sasaf 
Cassytha filiformis 
cossagos 
cossagos 
kohtokot- 
shau 
wahlee-mah 
anau 
Hernandia sonora 
pung-pung 
pingapin 
pingaping 
pingapin 
ahkaran 
aguran, agran, 
akurang, mosul 
Piper ponapense 
konok 
ahnuck 
eresi 
Crataeva speciosa 
apoot 
afoosh 
abut, abuts, 
afuts, afuch, 
apuch 
Bryophyllum 
lamalam 
lamalam 
pinnatum 
Pemphis acidula 
kasugel 
kai-i-ni 
kahengy 
ngi 
truh-kees 
engi, eegi 
Jussiaea sp. 
tener-aak 
kuri 
kiree 
telurik 
ayah 
aunenipuin, 
nigaulen, 
likeinenpul 
Pisonia sp. 
mas 
mehs 
muk 
nok, mok, 
makku 
Carica papaya 
hiss, es 
kaineap 
mamiyap 
momiap 
mohmiyap 
kipau 
Barringtonia 
bus-bus 
wi 
we 
we 
ool 
kun, azan, 
asiatica 
kuun 
Barringtonia 
kaiengal 
kange 
winmarr 
sun, guon. 
racemosa 
kun 
Terminalia 
shufehf, 
tepop 
tipop 
uhsass 
as, asas 
catappa 
Terminalia 
sarf 
sin 
win 
kin 
sin 
litoralis 
Bruguiera 
shrahl, alol 
sol 
shorn, 
buru bun, on. 
conjugata 
rhom 
ong, oon, 
wong 
Calophyllum 
eetuh, eet 
sepang 
isho 
isyo 
ruckiss 
rakich, ijau. 
inophyllum 
mosur, wangu, 
legitu, fregits 
Triumfetta 
konop 
konup 
kiuin, liodot 
procumbens 
Hibiscus tiliaceus 
lo 
kalau 
pah 
kalau 
kileefah 
sapuo, silfa, 
sinifo, syapo, 
shirifa 
Sida fallax 
kao 
kau 
sioi le 
Thespesia 
panu, 
penne 
peneh 
pone 
puhneh 
pona, okuran, 
populnea 
pehnuh, 
pakeena 
' 
likokon 
Codiaeum 
kurotong 
kurutun 
variegatum 
Phyllanthus niruri 
limar-mah- 
limair-poh 
negamaur. 
pom 
nikammour 
Canavalia 
shoh-tul- 
nimelitop 
fin-kalau 
chochon. 
microcarpa 
muet 
wonuka 
