matalafiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

matalafi (plural matalafis)

1. A shrub, of species Psychotria insularum, used for medicine and found in American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, and Tonga.
   • 2001 May, Samoan Medical Plants and Their Usage, ADAP Project, →ISBN, page A8:

     Use matalafi leaves; pound and mix with water; apply to the swelling.

2. Medicine made from the shrub.
   • 2021, Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni, Victoria Helen Woolner, Su’emalo Talie Foliga, Katharina Robichon, Vimal Patel, Sarah K. Andreassend, Jeffrey P. Sheridan, Tama Te Kawa, David Gresham, Darach Miller, Daniel J. Sinclair, Anne C. La Flamme, Alexey V. Melnik, Allegra Aron, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Paul H. Atkinson, Robert A. Keyzers, Andrew B. Munkacsi, “Functional genomics and metabolomics advance the ethnobotany of the Samoan traditional medicine “matalafi””, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: