Leaving Pohnpei with the reef of the southwest shoreline. L1021166-sm.jpg |
Nett Point (pronounced by some as Netch) L1021137-sm.jpg |
Pohnpei is not a flat island. IMG_3287.jpg |
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1. Diospyros blancoi, (Ebenaceae) IMG_3940.jpg |
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2. Microsorum scolopendria IMG_3876.jpg |
3. Microsorum scolopendria IMG_3872.jpg |
1. Microsorum scolopendria . . . Explanation of use. IMG_3877.jpg |
1. Pangium edule Achariaceae (false durian) IMG_3281.jpg |
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2. Inocarpus fagifer Fabaceae (mworopw) IMG_1104.jpg |
2. Glochidion IMG_1443.jpg |
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Gall from introduced wasp. IMG_0882.jpg |
Cinnamomun carolinense A local bark used for lung problems. L1005929.jpg |
Asplenium L1005858.jpg |
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1. A tree approximately 30 feet tall. family Muntingiaceae. Muntingia .IMG_4585.jpg |
4. A girdled invasive tree. IMG_7754.jpg |
3. A coffee plant one month old showing stress. IMG_4609.jpg |
6. Rotting Pandanus fruits. IMG_5050.jpg |
16, Split aerial root of Pandanus affected by rot. IMG_5149.jpg |
14. Rotted area of a large branch from a Pandanus. IMG_5155.jpg |
9. One affected area. Appears to show an exit hole. IMG_5091.jpg |
5. Close-up of 5059. IMG_5059-2.jpg |
4. Rotting Pandanus fruit. IMG_5059.jpg |
1. Immature Reishi mushroom. Ganoderma Lucidum IMG_5448.jpg |
2. Reishi after 2 weeks. IMG_1992.jpg |
3. Reshi after 4 weeks. IMG_3661.jpg |
Reishi mushroom. Ganoderma lucidum IMG_5576.jpg |
Black Reishi IMG_5581.jpg |
Reishi mushroom. Ganoderma lucidum IMG_5582.jpg |
Reishi mushroom. Ganoderma lucidum IMG_5584.jp |
Wielson Mauricio holding some small Reishi mushrooms. Feb. 23, 2011 IMG_1366.jpg |
Fungi on the way to the boulder field. IMG_6762.jpg |
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The edible Egg Fruit. Pouteria tear drop form IMG_1989.jpg |
The edible Egg Fruit. Pouteria IMG_2160.jpg |
Pouteria cut in half. IMG_2164.jpg |
Pouteria showing seed. IMG_2169.jpg |
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A baby at Sei's farm enjoying egg fruit. March 2011. IMG_3307.jpg |
Chicle or Sapodilla tree. Manilkara zapota IMG_2361.jpg |
Chicle tree flowers. Manilkara zapota IMG_2355.jpg |
Fruit split open showing seeds. Manilkara zapota IMG_2350.jpg |
Chicle tree fruit. Manilkara zapota IMG_2345.jpg |
Chicle tree. The latex has been used for chewing gum. IMG_2352.jpg |
Squeezing coconut meat into a wound. IMG_3352.jpg |
Juice from coconut meat on a wound. IMG_3353.jpg |
Fly wasp mimic. IMG_6214.jpg |
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A leaf is curled as cover. IMG_6368.jpg |
Disturbed. Rapidly jumping from its enclosed leaf once disturbed. IMG_6369.jpg |
Remarkably long antennae. IMG_6385.jpg |
New large sized white fly infestation on a bell pepper plant. Chinese Pilot Farm. IMG_7447_8_9.jpg |
A tree approximately 20 meters high and leaves that smell like wintergreen when broken. L1017931.jpg |
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Dr. Amy Eisenberg examining an interesting flower (a single flower from the following 2 images. L1018041.jpg |
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Garcinia xanthochymus (false mangosteen) IMG_8253.jpg |
Dillenia indica Dilleniaceae IMG_9020.jpg |
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Stripping inner bark. L1008200.jpg |
Making the bark pliable. L1008213.jpg |
Leon and Dr. Eisenberg working on the identification and spelling of a plant. L1012321.jpg |
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Dr. Eisenberg under a umwulap with medicinal herbs in hot water. L1012861.jpg |
You close your eyes when drinking sakau. IMG_6259.jpg |
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Squeezing the liquid from crushed sakau. IMG_6229.jpg |
Diseased black pepper plant. March, 2011 IMG_3675.jpg |
A new field for pepper. March 2011. MG_3343.jpg |
Black Pepper maturing. March, 2011 IMG_3664.jpg |
Annona muricata Annonaceae IMG_9881.jpg |
Karat banana Vitamin A rich bananas. IMG_9890.jpg |
Growing kava. Piper methysticum (Piperaceae) IMG_1598.jpg |
Burned tree to allow for more light. IMG_1593.jpg |
Recent planting of kava. Piper methysticum (Piperaceae)IMG_1601.jpg |
Kava to make sakau. IMG_3728.jpg |
Giant swamp taro flower IMG_1745.jpg |
Mwahng (Pohnpeian) Giant swamp taro IMG_0827.jpg |
Taro at the local market. L1019304.jpg |
Swamp taro, a very important crop. Yes, they get huge. IMG_7773.jpg |
Traditional food. L1010076_7_8.jpg |
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Cooking bananas approximately 14 to 15 inches long. L1010100_1_2_t.jpg |
Spondias dulcis Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Nan Madol, Pohnpei. 2010 |
Mangrove. IMG_9529_30_31_t.jpg |
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Recent clearing at Sei's Pepper Farm. IMG_1217_8_9_t.jpg |
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Spreading out locally harvested mangos. IMG_5275.jpg |
Mangrove roots, Sokehs Island. L1017722.jpg |
Star fruit. IMG_8989.jpg |
40 feet up, getting some coconuts for us. From there he went up to the crown on top of the coconut tree.L1009480.jpg |
Drinking coconut juice. IMG_9248.jpg |
Fresh coconut milk. Uhpw (Pohnpeian), is excellent tasting. IMG_1816.jpg |
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Coconut milk ready to be drunk. IMG_8057.jpg |
Yam and a a number different types of bananas. IMG_7798.jpg |
Unloading a yam. IMG_7823.jpg |
The eyes are on the scale. IMG_7892.jpg |
Yams. IMG_7771.jpg |
Some of the many fruits and vegetables to be judged. IMG_7807.jpg |
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Fruits and vegetables to be judged. IMG_7852.jpg |
Taro, pineapple, bananas and coconuts. IMG_4640.jpg |
From our back porch. The land and ocean, may we preserve it and all that lives there. L1008352.jpg |