#88.4: Other Plants.

Reconstruction Description
KUTA A sedge (Eleocharis sp.) *kut(a,u)
LAFI.3 Paper mulberry, barkcloth
LAU-FALA Pandanus leaves for weaving; a type of pandanus
LAU-TOLU Creeper sp.
LOGO-LOGO Cycad species (Cycas rumphii [= circinalis])
LUNA Herb sp
MA-TILA Bamboo; bamboo fishing rod; bamboo knife
MAAFAQI A climbing or creeping plant sp, probably Luffa cylindrica
MAGEHO.B A stinging plant: *ma(a)g(e,i)ho
MAILE A fragrant vine or shrub (Alyxia sp.)
MAMAGI A plant: Ma(a)ma(a)gi
MAMAKU Fern (Cyathea sp.)
MAQUTOFU A plant
MASELE Sedge sp.: *ma(h,s)ele(sele)
MATA-MOSO A plant with red seeds
MOLOKAU.B A vine
MOSE-MOSE A plant
NAAKUU A kind of plant
NASE A large fern (Angiopteris sp.) with edible root
NAU-PATA A plant (Scaevola sp.)
NAU.1 A plant (Lepidium sp.)
NEFE Plant sp
NUKA-NUKA A shrub (Decaspermum fruticosum)
OI.3 A kind of rush
OLA.2 Shrub sp
PAI.2 Plant sp
PAKO A sedge (Cyperus sp.)
PALA-TAO Fern sp: *pal(a,e)tao
PALA.2 Tree-fern sp
PITU Bamboo
PIU.1 Fan Palm (Pritchardia pacifica)
POGA.1 A tree fern (Cyathea sp.)
POKEA Purslane (Portulaca sp.)
POLO.1 Plant sp. (Solanum sp.)
POO-FUE.* Various creeping or climbing plants
POONIU.2 A plant (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
PUUFAA An edible herb
QATIU A vine (Cucumis sp.) *(q)a(a)tiu
QUU.B Reed (Miscanthus sp.)
RAUPO Bulrush: *raupo(o)
SAAKATO Fern sp
SALUFE Fern sp.: *(s,h)(a,u)(l,n)ufe
SANA.2 Job`s Tears (Coix sp.), which are round and pearly-white and used for necklaces
SEFA Grass sp. (Grf)
SEKA (White) fungus, mould
SIAPO Paper-mulberry plant (Broussonetia sp.); bark-cloth
SIGANO Pandanus flower; Pandanus sp
SINA-SINA A plant
SINU.2 A shrub or tree with irritating sap (perhaps Phaleria sp.)
SORA (Tephrosia purpurea), a plant used to poison fish: *(f,s)ora

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