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Table 2 Kune names for species of Acacia, Melaleuca, Eucalyptus and Pandanus

From: Patterns in the transmission of traditional ecological knowledge: a case study from Arnhem Land, Australia

Scientific name

Kune name

General term

Acacia auriculiformis

birlibirlih

man-djoh

A. difficilis

man-djoh

A. dimidiata

man-borrelk

A. gonocarpa

man-bulgung

A. holosericea

man-merrulk

A. platycarpa

barlarra

Melaleuca argentea

man-murrmu

kun-kod

M. cajuputi

wendenwendel

M. dealbata

djarrkah

M. leucadendra

wendenwendel

M. symphocarpa

man-domoddomo

Eucalyptus alba

kolokkolo

(none)

E. bleeseri

man-kalarr

E. clavigera

djanorro

E. ferruginea

man-dangdang

E. miniata

man-baladjarr

E. polycarpa

man-bune

E. ptychocarpa

man-korlangrlang

E. tetrodonta

man-buluddak

Pandanus spiralis

man-dayarr/ kun-dayarr

kun-dayarr

P. aquaticus

man-djimdjim