It is often found growing near tree-trunks. A favourable answer having been given to his prayer, he called his wife and said, ‘When I am dead take my body; plant my head in one place, my heart and stomach in another, etc., and then wait in the house. Indeed long before 1800, the tobacco-plant was a luxuriant weed, but its use for smoking was unknown. The flowers are long and bright-red in colour. See also under wa-loa, yalu, and alu. A native medicine. Flowers vulavula (white). yasi is called iliahi in Hawaii. It is in appearance much like a willow; the leaves are dark-green above but paler beneath. Sometimes found growing wild, but mostly cultivated with great success in Fiji. The leaves are pounded, steeped in water and the liquid drunk by the Fijians as a cure for indigestion. The Fijians use the leaves as a tea to drink frequently as a remedy for stone in the bladder, and pains in the abdomen. Vanua Levu and other islands. The fruit is black when ripe, and has one seed. They are supposed to be the plantains of the veli—or spirits of the veikau (forests) and the Fijians say some evil will overtake anyone who so much as touches them—to cut or remove them is to risk worse calamities. Is much in repute as a remedy for both dysentry and diarrhoea. Details for: Fijian plant names; Normal view MARC view ISBD view. This seed is larger than the diridiri, and is almost heart-shaped. Caring, facts … See also denivuaka, qavinilawa and cavucidra. The sequlu is very similar to the Rosa-sinensis. This strong-stemmed and deliciously-scented vine is in many ways similar to its congener, the warega, but it is accepted now as quite a different species. The mucuna has umbels of fine greenish flowers, and grows well in the bush. A plethora of gorgeous, tall, tropical trees reach towards the sky, while ferns, moss, and flowers cover the jungle floor. Also called uto-kalasai. Happily the intoxication it produces is not like that caused by spirituous liquors; those who drink it do not become quarrelsome, on the contrary its imbibition is said. bangara gaddi. It grows well on sea-beaches in all Fiji islands. The natives in Bua province say it is a splendid cure for toothache— they chew the young shoots and hold them in the mouth. It is a very huge species of Alocasia, and is sometimes twelve feet high. tree. This tree is called rara in Bua. Also called kativari. It is said to be best in conjunction with other plants, i.e., ngato (Pteris crenata) and lato (Rosea chiensis). A small tree, thrives in under-wood, especially in Colo West. Also found in Hawaii and Christmas Island, etc. The female spadix is from 2 to 3 feet long. The inflorescence is a catkin made up of a great number of minute flowers, which are followed by very definite and numerous fruits and finally seeds. Long leaves with margins. Sweet Cavendish. It likes the neighbourhood of the sea—their square seeds were used in a favourite game called veilegi-vutu. It is quite probable that this plant has been introduced, as the name seems extremely like our “tobacco.” Seemann thought it might have been brought by the Manila men, since “Spaniards were the first whites who visited these islands.” Fijians prefer their own home-made cigarettes to smoking a pipe. It is useful after an illness, as it has tonic properties. The young fronds are eaten by the natives. Kativari is the Savusavu name. It exudes a gum. Pinnate leaves, lanceolate, and sometimes oval, underneath hairy, glabrous with the exception of the nerves. This small tree is interesting because all the flowers on each plant are of the same sex. It is also called “tooth-brush” because used by Indians to clean their teeth. It is an airplant, and has medicinal uses. (ed.). Leaves dark green, flowers in terminal and axillary racemes, corolla about ½ inch long, salver-shaped with whitish-yellow petals, has very sweet perfume. As the fibre of the Sida rhombifolia is used in some parts of the Empire to make bags, etc., it seems this might prove worthy of experiments in Fiji as it grows so easily here. considerable likeness between this plant and that known by Fijians as the waganga, but the number of stamens and nerves differing, prove the latter to have been properly placed under another classical name. This is a diminutive palm, in favour for the making of walking-sticks, because it grows so straight a stem. The leaves and bark of stems, are used as a poultice, when well pounded—and are applied to sores, etc., as a painkiller. Ixora Amplexicaulis (Rubiaceae) H;B.R.P. It is known to Fijians also as dralawa. These are the Bau and Rewa name for a seedless species with a roundish fruit, and rough surface to leaves. This spelling is hardly correct, as p is scarcely used in Fijian. De Latijnse namen zijn misschien wat lastig om te onthouden, maar het voordeel is wel dat er een specifieke omschrijving wordt gegeven van een plant of gewas. The first mentioned (T. agentea) kau-alewa is used as well by Kai Viti, for all sorts of stomach troubles, and is sometimes called the evu and the roro-ni-bebe (butterflies-rest). The flowers are of a pale-purple hue, and much used by the natives for coughs and colds. Nadroga name for dogo and tiri. The Fijians chew or pound the leaves, and use as a poultice, also to be rubbed well, i.e., massaged on to the limb or limbs, as a remedy for waqaqa (Filaria or Elephantiasis). wase is used as a remedy for constipation. The women have recourse to a drink made of the leaves when parturition is difficult. Flowers red. Dovidovitaqela is the Colo north name. The flowers are white and wax-like. The leaves of this plant were formerly used by Fijians for washing their hair to destroy vermin. The flower is extremely like that of the yellow ragwort or pigweed (New Zealand waste places). (Kew) Lablab vulgaris (Leguminoseae), Derris uliginosa (Leguminoseae) Sometimes called Deguelia trifolata, Stemonurus Vitiensis, now known as the Lasianthera Vitiensis (Lascineae), Miscanthus japonicus or Eulalia japonica (Gramineae), Artocarpus integrifolia (Sub-order Moraceae) (Urticaceae), Aster sericeus Sub-order Liguliflorae (Compositae), Epipremum Vitiensis, or Rhapidophora Vitiensis (Aroideae). Leaves are large ovate exstipulate, young twigs covered with reddish tomentum. This species is of erect growth and sometimes is between 30 and 40 feet in height. Among the dialects spoken in Fiji, the names used in reference to yaqona can vary but in published in-ternational literature, yaqona is generally referred to as kava. Dr. Wilder says this weed grows rather freely in cane-fields and in grass-land. Not yet identified sufficiently to classify. Calyx-tubes have five oblong lobes, and there are two bracts. When first found it was thought to be an edible fruit from its appearance, but when cooked was found to be unpalatable. A small tree growing on hillsides and in open spaces. Publisher: Suva Department of Agriculture 1942 Description: 83 p. Subject(s): Plants -- Fiji -- Nomenclature. It is then the arrowroot of commerce, and the quality made in Fiji is very high grade. Also known as lakanikasa. Very often spoken of as the balawa. It has short roots, ample leaves, sesquipedale, and white flowers pedicels and bracts, the lip is divided in three sharply cut lobes. vaudradra must not be confused with vaudra, which is the Hibiscus tricuspis. It, as well as the following, is used as a medicine; and also, as a charm, in former days, when it was believed that chewing the leaves would ensure safety on unfamiliar tracks. Aliti is a funny,chill and sometimes annoying caring person. Medicinal. At present not possible to give classified name. Or it may be used in conjunction with the leaves of the yaro (Premna Taitiensis). An almost sacred tree in olden times. Sometimes called tagitagi; yaka is a more frequent name. The flowers, which grow in whorls, are attractive, the tubular florets being yellow at the base and a bright red on the upper part of the petals. 33 Fiji Name Botanical Name Authority kascakula . Or mouva. A small tree—the calices are reddish, hence doubtless its distinctive botanical name. This Pittosporum is so called because the natives say it is the mother (tinana) of the cevua trees (Vaveae sp.). In India the Hydrocotyle asiatica is known as the hien-gotukola, and its leaves are used as a tonic and blood purifier, and are also taken for indigestion, nervousness, and dysentry. Fine white mats can be made from the bark of this tree. The leaves are chewed, and laid on the sore place by the mother, and the Kai Viti say: “The tagica is good medicine for a crying,” a tagi means in their language “a cry,” and in this we can trace the Maori word tangi. robust climbing habit, the large leaves when mature are glabrous and coppery on the under-side, but while young furfuraceous. Flowers yellow, sometimes purplish. A small tree growing in forest, with red fruit. The kawai is one of the staple foods of these islands, when properly cooked has the appearance of a floury potato, but is much whiter. All the four last named have entire leaves, that is without lobes or indentations, except when quite young, when some of them are slightly indented. L. minor has the same Fijian name. Has some characteristics of Nephodium simplicifolium. The Fijians chewed the leaves and squeezed the juice into the ear. Yellowish-green flowers, bright-crimson drupes. It has very handsome spikes of red flowers, of a rich deep shade. Four stamens. The leaves are very similar, but the flowers. The species of Ficus grows to a good size. This parasitic plant may commonly be seen on trees in Fiji. Colo West. Bread-fruit and its various kinds. Also called by Fijians yevuyevu and evuevu. Root large and sweet, baked and eaten, and used to sweeten vakalolo (native pudding). Fruit leathery. There are in all five specimens of dawa, the dawa-vula, dawa-sere, dawa-siseci, dawa-moli and dawa-buka. Seemann calls it vaoko. Bua. Called more often kovekove: which see infra. Sykes says it is used for house building. The breeze-loving banana, a good example of the natural poetic thought of the old Fijians. Found in Vanua Levu, (Bua Province). This compound is considered very useful for ear-ache and head-ache, but they add advice as well as water; the sufferer must on no account eat crabs or any food that turns red when boiled, neither must he partake of octopus, or the cure will not work. Other species have also the same name in the vernacular, e.g., Dysoxylum hornei and D. lenticellare. It grows freely on the sea-coast all over the group, and is frequently found growing near noko-noko trees and flourishes well in their vicinity. (Umbelliferae), Vavaea vitiensis, or V. amicorum (Meliaceae), Hydrocotyle Asiatica (Umbelliferae) (Hederaceae), Calamus equestres and C. viminalus (Palmeae), Pseuderia coronaria, and P. vitiensis (Orchidaceae), Possibly the Athyrum esculentum (Filices). Another name for the blue-rat-tail or comasi. See draubibi and bulibulisewaro. In this case the leaves are used as a poultice. The bush of this name grows in Nadroga, it is about five or six feet in height with small four-lobed flowers, and according to the old Fijians, is a sure cure for headache and stomach-ache. “Ule! Flowers several on one stem (from 4 to 8). Fijian plant names [Parham, B. E. V] on Amazon.com. The flowers are greenish-white. Found in Vanua Levu and Kadavu. Commonly found on the sea-front. According to Seemann: “Tahiti, indeed the whole Society Islands, seem to be the place where the greatest number of varieties (of breadfruit) are to be found, Solander rating twenty-one, and G. Bennett (Gatherings of a Naturalist, p. 396), even as many as twenty-four, all of which bear distinctive names. The flowers spring from all parts of the shrub, even, so it is said, from the roots; they are yellow, purple, or white, on short stems. The flowers, in umbels, are cream; the calyx is silky with acute lobes. Also called vuleito. A yellow flower growing in Colo West. Vasili-qui, another of the Fijian names for Cordyline terminalis in the Sandwich Islands known as ki. The Fascinating Plants and Animals of Fiji. the sinugaga is also considered good for sore eyes, though it is a poisonous plant. It yields excellent firewood. It is also sometimes given the names of tarawaunikaka and na vuga. It is called kutu by the natives in the Nadroga district, Viti Levu, and. Suffice it to say the early comers left very little sandalwood uncut when they gave up the trade, and yasi is now a rare tree, and is protected by Government. In India the Curcuma longa (or domestica) is known as the kaha. Used as an antiseptic; the Fijians chew the leaves to extract the juice. Its native name means the leaning banana and refers to its habit of growth. Much valued by the Fijians for making garlands. The Indian name of this plant is the kuppameniya. Commonly spoken of as the candle-nut tree; the nuts are utilized for oil. Corolla is white, fleshy and urceolate. Name for dalo in Ba, Nadronga, and Serua. Sub-order Musaceae) (Scitamineae), Musa Chinensis or M. Cavendisii (Scitamineae), Blechnum or Lomaria sp. A small forest tree with bright green foliage. A shrub which bears a fairly acidulated fruit—of a pretty yellow-apricot colour. The timber is used for canoes. Found on the Yanawai, Vanua Levu, altitude about 1,000 feet. Also totodro. Leaves larger than in H. Richii, the flower-buds are hairy—otherwise a glabrous shrub. Called eaea in Tahiti. Oblong fruit. In Taviuni it is called ta moli. Vanua Levu. This was certainly introduced, but is now very freely grown for exportation. Its medicinal virtues are well known to the Fijians, but they do not use the rhizome as we do, but the leaves, which they pound, add water and strain, much in the same way as they treat the Piper methysticum for the well-known drink—yangona. The roots are macerated as a cure for tooth-ache. It is used medicinally also for kidney and bladder-troubles—being a strong sudorific as already said. Banks of the Navua and Namosi rivers. now called Taetsia sp. There is a slight resemblance to the tamarind tree, which also grows and fruits well here. This tree has bright red flowers and is possibly the Ixora coronata of A. C. Smith. Probably K. paniculata, Dacrydium lycopodoides (Spermatophyta) (Gymnospermae) (Taxaceae), Cordyline sp. Branches often snap off, and are supposed to foretell storms (cagi). Mead considered the Fijian name vesi was probably connected with the Malay word besi, which means “iron.”. Possibly this species might be used in a similar way in Red Cross work now as it is soft enough and Fijians stuff pillows with it. The Coll… In Bua Province this bind-weed is more often called tagica, because the leaves are said to cure the abrasions that are often made on a child's knees when learning to walk. This is an old native cure for toothache. The fruit yields a heavy green oil, greatly valued as a liniment by those who suffer from rheumatism. Called also doiniwau. The flower of this species makes a good vegetable, or pickle. But wagodro is more often used for the plant known as the rubus tiliaceus. Also uto-maliva, uto-sasaloa and uto-vakasorena. tales about them. This ground-orchid, which is also called senivaravara by the Fijians, is (according to L. O. Williams, Harvard University, Mass.) The young leaves are pink and are easily mistaken for the cibicibi. This is an interesting shrub, as it belongs to a genus which was supposed at one time not to exist beyond the Americas. Not many planets have an actual name, most simply have a code assigned to them. See vuluvululevu, and lesame. Same as wakorovudi. Is also known in Tonga and Australia. Probably a drink made from the leaves was refreshing, like our tea. Bark fissured and scaly. This is common with other species is excellent food. See above, wakiwaki; used for same purpose. The wood is hard, lasts long, and is in frequent use. The flowers are a pale rose colour, and are followed by reddish-brown capsules which contain the seeds. (teste W.L.P.). It is a kavika and has white flowers, and large scented fruits, much beloved by native children, who will hang one of the fruits like a locket, on a liane, or bit of string, and feel very smart indeed. It is interesting to notice that the roots of the kura give a yellow dye, whereas the bark gives a red one. The stem and leaves are broken up and boiled in water; this is an esteemed tonic. The flowers are blue and three-petalled. This is essentially a woman's medicine. The outer rind of the flower-stalk of this plant is considered to be useful for its anti-syphilitic properties, and the roots, macerated or chewed, for toothache. Four hundred and fifty plant species are described. All convolvulus leaves are valued by natives. The repute of this tree almost amounts to superstitious veneration. They allow a few drops to fall on the affected part, which is naturally inflamed and they say burns out the infection. Found in Vanua Levu. Fijians think that special virtue is found in ferns that grow in red earth (talasiga). The fronds together with those of the vati (Polypodium diversifolium) infused in hot water. This is a shrub, or small tree, and flowers at the end of the year. A very beautiful climbing plant, with strong and flexible stem and rose-pink flowers, which are very attractive seen among the foliage of lofty trees. The flowers are fairly large, in loose panicles, the corolla-tube is crimson, but the lobes are white. Often called O Votu. Common in Vanua Levu. Perhaps the heaviest wood in Fiji; is of a reddish colour. “The leaves must be chopped up very small, and then put into a bulomakou (bully-beef) tin—if no bulomakou tin, a salmon tin can be used,” he added ingenuously, “add only a little water, put it on the fire and boil. This species of convolvulus is also appreciated for its supposed medicinal qualities. Often called diridamu. Daseea is the Namosi name for this small tree, in other parts it is often given to the species T. Megaphyllum. He remarks on its feathery foliage; and in general appearance it is not unlike New Zealand white pine (P. dacrydioides). This name generator will give you 10 random names for servants or domestic workers, like butlers and maids. It is common in Cakaudrove. Seeds roasted for food. 1918, A list of Fijian plant names / by C. Harold Wright Govt. grass. Much liked by the natives to scent their coconut oil. Looks like Premna Taitensis, but has purplish stems instead of green ones. Native of South Africa, yellow timber. Formerly classed as Cuscuta Rhombut, but less often as Acatsia Valli (Rheede). A strong vine with stiff wiry stems. It has many points of resemblance to the yagoyagona, but the differences are sufficient to cause it to be regarded as belonging to another species. The tagica (tangitha) flowers almost any time, especially between January and July in the dry zone, and in Bua district may be found twining among reeds and grass in any open space. It is recommended as a diuretic and the leaves are made into tea. Probably the same as uto-cokocoko. Said to foretell hurricanes when flowering at same time as doi and cagolaya. Flowers borne close to the stem (sessile). A small shrub with reddish-purple flowers which is to be found almost everywhere on the littoral. Also called viavia, which see. Slash red. A small shrub, sometimes bushy and at others creeping. Dolichos lablab. The name of vuluvululevu is also given to various species of Asplenium—also medicinal according to the Fijians, whereas the Gleichenia dicarpa, one of the umbrella ferns, is called kauvidi and the G. linearis is known as the kauvidi while all are reputed to be medicinal. Apparently the natives sometimes call this species as well as C. Seemannii boloa. Possibly the same as the togatu. Besides being in great request as a cure for neuralgic pains, an excellent black dye is made from this plant. They drink a little frequently as a cure for dysentry. It replaced the Fijian pound at the rate of two dollars for one pound. Maesa persicaefolia according to Dr. Merrill. A species of breadfruit, leaves are bullate. Other birds to look out for include: 1. Large buttressed tree, grows in Macuata. There is another plant called qavinialewa which Kew classifies as the Sida rhombifolia. From the qumu the old-time fighting Fijians used to get their black paint. “Draunikau” medicine. Bua. Fiji is home to a plethora of native flora and fauna that travelers find fascinating. A medicine according to the Kai Viti. Called also uviuvi. Economic Plants). The gourd-like fruit were also used as containers for scented coconut-oil. (Perhaps D. alliaceum) (Meliaceae), Myristica grandiflora, and Myristica castaneaefolia. A native moss, which is very similar to that gathered in Westland, New Zealand, during the last war, for use for pads, when bandaging with splints. Found in Ovalau. It has been sagely remarked that the cosmetic properties of black paint are remarkably effective. Following the second World War, the British began the planting of Genuine Mahogany in Fijian plantations. Large tree in Colo West. The Nadroga name for lekasama. Varas are very nice fried with nut, or other butter; after being cut in thin slices make a good mock bacon with fried egg. Miscanthus is the more modern and therefore acceptable botanical determination. In Fiji it is cultivated by natives in Kambara island.

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