Languages arranged East to West:

1. Nostoc spp.

Use: None yet known

English: cyanobacteria

Kosraen: fokon faht

Mwoakillese: pwijen joau

(soau honorific for sun PNI)

Pohnpeian: pwisehn ketipen

Kitti: pwisehn koatipin

Kapinga: gili moana

Mortlockese: paniol

Chuukese: num

Woleai: Luumule

Yapese: la'law

2. Lycopodium cernuum

Use: Cockroach repellent (P) decoration (C, K, P)

English: christmas tree club moss

Kosraen: mah in tefuroh

Pingalapese: suhke krismas

Pohnpeian: kidi en mal

Kitti: kidi en mal

Chuukese: unen katu

Yapese: gama'

Fijian: lawanini

3. Dicranopteris linearis

Use: None

English: false staghorn fern

Pohnpeian: mwedil en mal

Kitti: mwoadil en mal

Chuukese: anecha

Yapese: gana'

Fijian: qato

4. Nephrolepis spp.

Use: Cockroach repellent; 4 fiddleheads anti-diuretic or to calm nerves (P); decoration (C)

English: sword fern

Kosraen: Fa

Pingalapese: reh

Mwoakillese: pwoa

Pohnpeian: rehdil

Kitti: roahdil

Nukuoran: luu'he

Kapinga: Lo'gadaha

Chuukese: amare

Woleai: Gemarag

Yapese: alaw' (cockroach)

Fijian: diqi waruwaru

5. Thelypteris maemonensis

Use: Washing dishes, tinea versicolor antifungal, local toilet tissue (P), grass skirt (Y)
Kosraen: Fa

Mwoakillese: pwoa

Pohnpeian: mahrek

Kitti: marek

Nukuoran: manu'a tababa

Yapese: walem (skirt)

6. Psilotum complanatum

Yap: Tilbug

7. Huperzia phlegmaria

Use: Mwarmwar for dance (P)

English: lycopodium

Pohnpeian: limpahr

Kitti: limpahr

Yapese: awol (centipede)

Fijian: sevaseva

8. Vittaria sp.

Use: Used with local oil to strengthen hair (K), or with water (P, Y)

Pohnpeian: alis en kewelik, alis en Nahnsou sed (honorific for heron)

Mortlockese: Ishish

[Woleai: Gashishil gaatu?]

Yapese: rob (beard)

9. Asplenium nidus

Use: On yams (P) , leaf tips for soup (Y)

English: bird's nest fern

Kosraen: muhlihklihk

Pingalapese: sehlik

Mwoakillese: kardoap

Pohnpeian: tehnlihk

Kitti: toahnlik

Nukuoran: lau gadaha

Kapinga: Lo'goho

Mortlockese: chöölik

Chuukese: nük

Woleai: iuliuniug

Yapese: chath

Fijian: beluve

10. Cyathea nigricans

Use: Posts for nahs, leaves as mats (P)

English: tree fern

Kosraen: po, tukun inut

Pingalapese: kesar

Mwoakillese: kasar

Pohnpeian: katar

Kitti: katar

Nukuoran: maele

Yapese: yibung

Fijian: balaba

11. Phymatosorus scolopendria

Use: Anti-diarheal (K, P) , mwarmwar for dancers (P, W), child's skirt (W), bone medicine

English: fragrant fern or maile-scented fern

Kitti: kidou

Kosraen: sra kwemkwem

Pingalapese: pweh

Mwoakillese: kamkam

Pohnpeian: kidou

Kapinga: gideu

Mortlockese: amäära

Chuukese: chichi

Woleai: shishi

Yapese: gob u láey (swamp)

Yapese: gob (drier place)

Fijian: kadakada

12. Musci

Use: fragrance for coconut oil (K)

English: moss

Kosraen: lum

Pingalapese: limw

Pohnpeian: lihmw

Kitti: lihmw

Mortlockese: lum?

Chuukese: num?

Woleai: luumwe

Yapese: ganir