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TABLE OF VERNACULAR NAMES ON PINGELAP AND ADJACENT ISLANDS ( Continued) 
PLANT SPECIES 
ISLANDS AND LIST OF VERNACULAR PLANT NAMES 
Pingelap 
Ponape 
Truk 
Kusaie 
Marshall Is. 
Peperomia 
ponapensis 
*warin 
(P.spp.) 
rebij rege, 
*rabitchidraga 
Artocarpus 
incisus 
*mai 
mai, mai 
mai 
*mos, mosse, 
mo-us, mohs 
*me, ma 
A. incisus var. 
*me pa 
mei pa 
me pwo 
meipa 
A. incisus var. 
*me si 
met se 
me si 
Ficus sp. 
*kawain 
neen, nin 
awan, auon, 
aiiwdn, aoan, 
au 
shra, *konyah 
*tebero, tepero 
Pilea microphylla 
*re 
tabalok 
Pipturus 
argenteus 
*oroma 
arome (on 
Nomwin I.; 
Hall Is. 
called: 
aroma) 
alko 
arame, *arme, 
*armai 
Ceodes 
umbellifera 
*mas 
Mirabilis Jalapa 
*pesikulok 
*emenawa, 
*emen aur, 
*emmen aur, 
*ulitch, ulij 
Bryophyllum 
pinnatum 
*lamalam 
Derris trifoliata 
*kainipil 
kan arai 
unenipot, up 
Vigna marina 
*nimelitop 
woniika 
^margnejojo, 
*margonejojo, 
*margonejoyo, 
markinichojo, 
marlap, chojo 
Acalypha grandis 
var. genuina 
*kurulong 
manau 
manou, monou 
wut 
Euphorbia Atoto 
*pelepel 
*builbuil, 
* builibuilikar, 
*berrul, 
*berol, peml, 
*berau, 
*perau, 
*peiralo 
Phyllanthus 
Niruri 
*limaimeir 
limairpwong 
negamaur, 
nikammoiir, 
amoesis 
mar kaueue 
(nameless on 
most islands) 
Allophylus 
timorensis 
*kitak 
ngo 
*kitak, *kutak, 
*kudak, 
*kutal 
