repiina type of vine that can grow up trees, or along the ground. An important vine for making rope for tying fences, roofs etc as it lasts a long time. New leaves, and new shoots, cooked in water are traditionally used to wash newborn babies to keep them happy and not sick. The stem is also sqeezed into water and fed to pigs to make the pigs grow fat. It only comes in green in the Kope area, but was seen with red leaves in Port Moresby.

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repiivine.sp

repiivine.sp

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