Entries from Whistler 1990 in Pollex-Online
Whistler, W. A. (1990). "Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands: the plants, their Maori names and their uses." Allertonia 5(4).
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rarotongan | ʔAnge | (Geniostoma sykesii) ("Apparently Cheeseman (1903) and Campbell (1932) mistakenly applied this name (misspelled as angi) to the similar looking but unrelated Coprosma laevigata." Problematic |
| Rarotongan | ʔAke | (Dodonaea viscosa) "...according to Cheeseman and a few subsequent authors, but not confirmed by the present author." |
| Rarotongan | ʔAke/ʔake | A native tree (Sapinda vitiensis) |
| Rarotongan | Aoa | Banyan tree (Ficus prolicxa) on outer islands |
| Samoan | Asi | (Syzygium spp.) |
| Penrhyn | Hano | A tree (Guettarda speciosa) |
| Rarotongan | ʔEnua | A tree with very large leaves and reddish timber (Macaranga harveyana) Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Auere | A small tree (Grewia crenata) |
| Rarotongan | ʔEki | A fern tree (Smith 1898:175). (Cyathea spp.) (Whr) |
| Rarotongan | Ngangie | Indigenous shrubs (Pemphis acidula) and (Suriana maritima) |
| Rarotongan | Ngaio | A small indigenous tree common in littoral vegetation on Mangaia and around the lake on Miti`aro (Myoporum sandwicense) |
| Penrhyn | Ngasu | An erect to prostrate shrub (Scaevola sericea) ; Scaevola frutescens |
| Pukapuka | Ngayu | A tree (Scaevola sericea) |
| Rarotongan | Nga(nga)ʔu | An erect to prostrate littoral plant (Scaevola sericea) |
| Rarotongan | Ngatae | The indigenous Coral Tree (Erythrina variegata) and the introduced Dadap Tree (Erythrina subumbrans) |
| Pukapuka | Ongoongo | A small weed (Chamaesyce prostrata) |
| Rarotongan | Kamika | A small shrub with large leaves whose flowers are used for scenting oil . (Siegesbeckia orientalis) |
| Rarotongan | Kaakaʔo | Arrow . A reed (Miscanthus floridulus) |
| Rarotongan | Kavakava | (Pittosporum arborescens) [RAR, MKE] |
| Rarotongan | Kea | Thrush, a common fungal mouth infection of children |
| Rarotongan | Kiekie | (Freycinetia wilderi) |
| Rarotongan | Koʔekoʔe | Various large-leaved grasses |
| Rarotongan | Kotuku | A shrub (Mussaenda Raiateensis) |
| Pukapuka | Kulu | Breadfruit |
| Rarotongan | Rara | A tree (Vitex trifolia) |
| Rarotongan | Raupoo | A large indigenous or introduced bulrush found on some of the outer islands (Scirpus subulatus) |
| Rarotongan | Renga | The aboriginally introduced turmeric (Curcuma longa) |
| Pukapuka | Nuna | A herb (Laportea ruderalis) |
| Rarotongan | Mauku | Grass, rushes, hay, straw . Any ruderal plant (usually grasses and sedges) that grows as a weed, particularly in taro patches, and whose only use may be for feeding animals |
| Rarotongan | Maire | General name for ferns, but most commonly applied to (Phymatosorus scolopendria), an indigenous terrestrial or epiphytic fern |
| Rarotongan | Maire-kakara | A fern with fragrant leaves (Microsorium sylvaticum) |
| Rarotongan | Maki | Sick, ill, diseased ; general term for illness |
| Rarotongan | Maʔame | A medium sized, indigenous tree (Glochidion ramiflorum) |
| Rarotongan | Miro | An indigenous, medium-sized tree (Thespesia populnea) |
| Rarotongan | Mataʔoi | Ylangilang (Cananga odorata) Borrowed Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | Naʔe | A tree-fern (Angiopteris evecta) |
| Rarotongan | Nau | An indigenous herb (Lepidium bidentatum) |
| Rarotongan | Neinei | A small, endemic tree (Fitchia speciosa) |
| Rarotongan | Nono | The aboriginally introduced Indian Mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Nenu | Morinda citrifolia Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | ʔOrongaa | Small tree sp. (Pipturus argenteus) |
| Rarotongan | Uʔi-/parai/ | Yam variety . Probably (Dioscorea mummularia) |
| Rarotongan | Pia | Polynesian Arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides) |
| Rarotongan | Pooʔue | Indigenous beach pea (Vigna marina), also indigenous beach morning-glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) and, on Mangaia, Ma`uke, Miti`aro, an aboriginally introduced vine (Luffa cylindrica) |
| Rarotongan | Po(o)ʔutu/kava | A coastal shrub with white berries (Sophora tomentosa) Ngaputoru name . (Scaevola sericea.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | Poro | Solanum spp. (Aitutaki, Atiu).... |
| Rarotongan | Poroʔiti | (Solanum viride) |
| Rarotongan | Pua | (Fagraea berteroana) |
| Samoan | Asi manogi | Fijian sandalwood (Santalum yasi) |
| Rarotongan | Pukatea | A large, indigenous tree (Pisonia grandis) |
