Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture

Contents

ix Preface Michael J. Balick xiii List of Primary Collectors chapter one 1 Plants and People of Pohnpei: An Overview Michael J. Balick, David H. Lorence, Dana Lee Ling, and Wayne Law chapter two 40 Yams and Their Traditional Cultivation on Pohnpei Bill Raynor, Adelino Lorens, and Jackson Phillip chapter three 63 Breadfruit and Its Traditional Cultivation and Use on Pohnpei Diane Ragone and Bill Raynor chapter four 89 Banana: An Essential Traditional Crop on Pohnpei Lois Englberger, Adelino Lorens, Amy Levendusky, and Jeff Daniells chapter five 132 Taro: An Important Pohnpei Staple Food Lois Englberger, Kiped Albert, Adelino Lorens, and Amy Levendusky chapter six 165 The Sacred Root: Sakau en Pohnpei Michael J. Balick and Roberta A. Lee chapter seven 204 Traditional Medicine, Pohnpei, and Its Integration Roberta A. Lee Contents viii contents chapter eight 217 Local Uses of Plants and Fungi on Pohnpei: An Ethnobotanical Compendium Elipiana Albert, Alfred Dores, Ben Ekiek, Primo Emos Eperiam, Robert Gallen, Mark Kostka, Relio Lengsi, Ally Raynor, Pelihter Raynor, Valentine Santiago, Francisca F. Sohl, Francisco Sohl, and Mayorico Victor (Pohnpeian ethnobotanists, with Michael J. Balick) chapter nine 524 Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Pohnpei David H. Lorence and Timothy Flynn 567 Index ...