It is a good building timber. The vesiloa has flowers in a globular mass, four petals (5?) The leaves are said by the natives to be a certain cure for Erysipelas. This seed is larger than the diridiri, and is almost heart-shaped. Sweet Cavendish. It grows freely in the north of Viti Levu, at the back of mangrove swamps, and beside streams in the Sigatoka valley. Name by which the castor-oil plant is known in Colo West. There is also a high level of endemism among the 1,800 native Fijian plant species. The leaves are somewhat oblong in shape. The elder Madraiwiwi was named by his father, Mara Kapaiwai (a namesake, not an ancestor, of the modern Ratu Mara), who was ⦠There is a native superstition in regard to these Alpinias. Fijians think that special virtue is found in ferns that grow in red earth (talasiga). It grows in marshy places or near water. vutudina in contradistinction to vutuniwai, is said to be a very good food, and its fruit is better than that of the B. edulis. Also called veitchia. 1918, A list of Fijian plant names / by C. Harold Wright Govt. Also known as Sauninini. It has white globose infloresences with very long styles. The stem, when heated, makes a lather in water, and is said to destroy vermin. The old Fijians macerated quantities of leaves and then applied as a poultice; they bruised leaves in their hands in order to free the healing juices, which they added to coconut-oil and used freely, massaging the patient. This tree is probably the same as the bausomi, which see. The fruit is black when ripe, and has one seed. Also known by saw-millers as bausomi (Burckella Thurstoni). Another name for the “holy fern,” wa-kalou. Probably a new species, according to Kew. The gum that exudes from this tree was used to caulk canoes in early days, also to glue pieces of native masi together. This is according to A. C. Smith—but usually wakalou is the name given, to the Lygodium scandens. The timber is almost worthless, and the heart is often found decayed as in willows. This is a common kind and has pinnafied leaves, and when fully ripe is free of prickles, it is larger than the uto dina. The totodra has leaves very like those of the violet, and very small pinkish flowers. The timber a little resembles oak. The early stage of coconut-growth is called vara. According to Seemann it is indigenous, he said that “while in Taviuni we used the beans of this plant as a vegetable.” He gives dralawa as its Fijian name. Large lianes. The roots are macerated as a cure for tooth-ache. Probably this creeping vine is the same as the wasovivi and the wabici. Four hundred and fifty plant species are described.The entries for species are arranged by plant family, and give current botanical name, Fijian or local name, brief botanical notes, medicinal uses and chemistry. Fruit a little like raspberry. 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