Entries from Whistler 2000 in Pollex-Online
Whistler, W.Arthur, Plants in Samoan Culture: The ethnobotany of Samoa. Honolulu: Isle Botanica.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | Aʔa | Vine sp., kudzu (Pueraria lobata) |
| Samoan | Fiso | Large reed sp. (Erianthus maximus) (stems contain sugar, were chewed by children) |
| Samoan | Aʔamiʔa | Small fragrant herb sp. (Sigesbeckia orientalis) |
| Samoan | ʔIiʔii | Wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | ʔOfe | Generic term for bamboo |
| Samoan | (Lau) (pa)pata | Tree sp. (Macaranga harveyana) |
| Samoan | Maʔo | Small tree sp. (Melochia aristata); possibly also (Commersonia bartramia) |
| Samoan | Selesele | Large, sharp-edge sedge spp. (Mariscus javanicus) or (Rhynchosporal corymbosa) |
| Samoan | Poumuli | (Flueggea flexuosa) Medium-sized tree...favourite wood for house posts...furniture, outrigger booms |
| Samoan | Salato | Stinging nettle tree (Dendrocnide harveyi) |
| Samoan | Sea | Tree sp. (Parinari insularum), probably now extinct |
| Samoan | Suni | Shrub sp. (Phaleria disperma), also perhaps (Phaleria glabra), and (Ixora spp.), also with showy flowers Problematic |
| Samoan | Taʔataʔa | Goose grass (Eleusine indica) |
| Samoan | Tamole | Succulent creeping plants, esp. (Portulaca spp.) and (Pilea microphylla) |
| Samoan | Togo | Mangrove spp., Oriental Mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza) and Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) |
| Samoan | Uu | Cane sp. (Miscanthus floridulus) |
| Samoan | Mamagi | Possibly another name for mamalupe (Faradaya amicorum) |
| Samoan | Seilala | (Garcinia sessilis) (rare) |
| Samoan | Vavae | Kapok (Ceiba pentandra); also possibly the original name for the indigenous cotton sp. (Gossypium hirsutum), now rare. |
| Samoan | Niu maasoaa | Sago palm (Metroxylon warburgii) |
| Samoan | Talavalu, talavalu | (Micromelum minutum) Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Afa | Tree sp. (Neonauclea forsteri). Also Tutuila name for (Faradaya amicorum) (Phm). |
| Samoan | Seasea | (Syzygium corynocarpum) |
| Samoan | Sefa | Name of one or more grass spp. probably including (Centosteca lappacea) |
| Samoan | Lala | Shrub sp. (Dendrolobium umbellatum) |
| Samoan | Lala vao | Unidentified shrub sp., possibly (Dodonea viscosa) |
| Samoan | Ate/ate | Beach sunflower (Wollastonia biflora) |
| Samoan | Moli tai | Shrub or small tree sp. (Ximenia americana) with edible fruit |
| Rarotongan | Meika | The aboriginally introduced banana (Musa xparadisica L.) |
