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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Key Latin binomial  
 
Ana Ananas comosus  
Are Areca catechu  
Art Artocarpus altilis  
Asp Asplenium nidus  
Bar Barringtonia racemosa  
Cal Calophyllum inophyllum  
Cam Campnosperma brevipetiolata  
Can Cananga odorata  
Cit Citrus aurantifolia  
Cle Clerodendrum inerme  
Col Colocassia esculanta  
Coc Cocos nucifera  
Cor Cordyline fruticosa  
Cyc Cyclosorus maemonensis  [formerly Thelypteris maemonensis ] 
Cyr Cyrtosperma chamissionis  
Dav Davallia solida var. solida  
Fal Falcataria moluccana   
Gar Gardenia jasminoides [G. augusta]  
Glo Glochidion ramiflorum  
Hbr Hibiscus rosa-sinensis  
Hib Hibiscus tiliaceus  
Hup Huperzia phlegmaria  
Ino Inocarpus fagifer  
Ixo Ixora casei  
Jas Jasminum sambac  
Mac Macaranga carolenensis  
Mag Magnifera indica  
Mel Melastoma malabathicum var. marianum  
Mer Merremia peltata  
Met Metroxylon amicarum  
Mic Microsorum scolopendria  [Also known as Phytomasorus scolopendria ] 
Mor Morinda citrifolia  
Mus Musa x paradisiaca  spp. 
Nep Nephrolepis  spp. 
Pip Piper ponapense  
Plu Plumeria obtusa  
Pre Premna obtusifolia [Sometimes listed as Premna serratifolia ] 
Pre Psilotum complanatum  
Sac Saccharum offinarum  
Sca Scaevola taccada  
Sen Senna alata  [formerly Cassia alata ] 
Ter Terminalia catappa