Ethnobotany final examination ❀ Name:

This final was conducted as a field practical. The class met in the Palikir ethnobotanical garden. The instructor indicated plants. Students then filled in the appropriate information for the plants. One point was awarded per correct answer. Local use was awarded one point for a generic answer (medicine, healing, food, drink, shelter, etcetera), two points for a specific use (four leaves are heated and applied to the skin for fungal infection). Spring 2010 onwards I simplified this process and awarded one point per correct answer for a total possible of 48 points (16 questions) which was then scaled to be out of 10 points.

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KeyLatin binomial
AnaAnanas comosus
AreAreca catechu
ArtArtocarpus altilis
AspAsplenium nidus
BarBarringtonia racemosa
CalCalophyllum inophyllum
CamCampnosperma brevipetiolata
CanCananga odorata
CitCitrus aurantifolia
CleClerodendrum inerme
ColColocassia esculanta
CocCocos nucifera
CorCordyline fruticosa
CycCyclosorus maemonensis [formerly Thelypteris maemonensis]
CyrCyrtosperma chamissionis
DavDavallia solida var. solida
FalFalcataria moluccana
GarGardenia jasminoides [G. augusta]
GloGlochidion ramiflorum
HbrHibiscus rosa-sinensis
HibHibiscus tiliaceus
HupHuperzia phlegmaria
InoInocarpus fagifer
IxoIxora casei
JasJasminum sambac
MacMacaranga carolenensis
MagMagnifera indica
MelMelastoma malabathicum var. marianum
MerMerremia peltata
MetMetroxylon amicarum
MicMicrosorum scolopendria [Also known as Phytomasorus scolopendria]
MorMorinda citrifolia
MusMusa x paradisiaca spp.
NepNephrolepis spp.
PipPiper ponapense
PluPlumeria obtusa
PrePremna obtusifolia[Sometimes listed as Premna serratifolia]
PrePsilotum complanatum
SacSaccharum offinarum
ScaScaevola taccada
SenSenna alata [formerly Cassia alata]
TerTerminalia catappa