SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany Midterm • Name:

  1. 15 January: Day one walk What is the name for this first plant that I introduced you to on the first day of class? The plant is located on the hill near the classroom. You can provide either the local name in your language or the Latin name. Kosraeans can provide the local name for the variety found on their island.
    Premna serratifolia Premna serratifolia
  2. 17 January: Ethnogardening behind the gym
    Cymbopogon citratus
  3. 22 January: Banana patch Describe the role and importance of local foods such as bananas in terms of local food security.
    Cymbopogon citratus
  4. 29 January: Monilophyte and Lycophyte hike The hike into the valley west of campus focused on monilophytes (ferns) and lycophytes. The images show a monilophyte on the left and a lycophyte on the right.
    Asplenium nidus Huperzia phlegmaria
    1. Name a lycophyte in your language:
    2. Name a monilophyte in your language:
    3. What reproductie features on the plant distinguish between monilophytes and lycophytes?
  5. 31 January: Primitive plants presentations: For the following Asplenium nidus leaf:
    1. Asplenium nidus is a:
      ◯ monilophyte
      ◯ lycophyte
    2. An Asplenium nidus frond is:
      ◯ undivided
      ◯ lobed
      ◯ divided once
      ◯ divided once, lobed
    3. On the diagram above, label the sori.
    4. ______________ What do sori produce?
    5. ______________ What is the name of Asplenium nidus in your local language?
    6. Here on Pohnpei, what is the significance of Asplenium nidus when placed on top of a yam?
  6. For the Microsorum scolopendria leaf:
    1. A Microsorum scolopendria frond is:
      ◯ undivided
      ◯ lobed,
      ◯ divided once, or
      ◯ divided once, lobed
    2. On the diagram above, label the sori.
    3. ______________ What is the name of Microsorum scolopendria in your local language?
    4. Describe one use of Microsorum scolopendria.
  7. 05 February: Healing plant videos Write either your local name for this plant or the Latin name for the following plant featured in the gotu kola healing plant video on (and found in the lawn here on campus):
    Centella asiatica
  8. 07 February: Paies walk An example of the following plant was seen next to Jed's gas station and mentioned on the healing plant walk.
    Cordyline fruticosa
    1. What is the name of this plant in your language?
    2. What is a healing use of this plant?
  9. 12 February: Healing plants Darnick presented on the following healing plant, a plant also seen in the ethnobotanical garden near the gym.
    Volkameria inermis
  10. 19 February: Pwunso botanic garden visit Label the following images with the correct name.
    Araucaria male cones ❦ Cycad ❦ Eucalptus ❦ Nutmeg


    Araucaria Cycad Eucalptus Nutmeg


  11. List a use for each of the following:
  12. 21 February: Gymnosperm and spice plants presentations List and describe the differences in the reproductive cycles between gymnosperms (conifers) and angiosperms (flowering plants)
  13. 26 February: CHEEF benefits of local foods List and describe the CHEEF benefits of local food.