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ˀAwɛn kʹyool, is a variety of bamboo important to the Temiars, used in building.

ˀAwɛn liyaax, is a variety of bamboo important to the Temiars, used in building.

ˀAwɛn pơᵏwaᵏ, is a variety of bamboo important to the Temiars, used in building.

ˀAwɛn bʹsííᵏ, is a variety of bamboo important to the Temiars, used in building.

ˀAwɛn balaar, is a variety of bamboo important to the Temiars, used in building.

ˀAwɛn banun, is a variety of bamboo important to the Temiars, used in building.

ˀAwɛn sʹmɛɛy, is a variety of bamboo important to the Temiars, used for weaving trays.

ˀAwɛn pōōg, is a variety of bamboo important to the Temiars, used to make a blow-dart quiver.

ˀAwɛn gantaŋ, or giant bamboo, is found only in the cooler montane forest.

Bʹlaaw sʹwơơr, or blowpipe bamboo, grows densely on some mountains over 1600m.

Suitable lengths of blowpipe bamboo are cut by Temiars to be crafted into the barrels of new blowguns.

A Temiar looks for a suitable length of blowpipe bamboo to cut.

Sʹkɛᵏ jarơw, a pandanus palm, used for weaving many everyday items of the Temiars.

Sʹkɛᵏ kajaaᵏ, a pandanus palm, used for weaving many everyday items of the Temiars. (Credit: Rapi)

Sʹkɛᵏ taməŋ, a pandanus palm, used for weaving many everyday items of the Temiars.

Sʹkɛᵏ baluᵏ, a pandanus palm, used for weaving many everyday items of the Temiars.

ˀAnyɛh Pʹdiᵏ shows the stems of the rʹtam plant, the skins of which are good for making fish traps and rice trays.

The stems of the rʹtam plant are good for making fish traps, rice trays and other crafts.

Kʹmíɲam, a sweet incense, is obtained from a tree of the same name, by scraping its resin. It was burned at burials.

Scrapings of kʹmíɲam tree resin, for burning as sweet incense at burials.

The hariyuw palm, the trunk of which can grow as large as sawít, or oil palm.

Sʹlaaᵏ koor palm leaf can be utilised for building shelters, if they are found nearby.

The cacuh palm, found at higher elevations than bɛltơp.

Pɛnpət, a palm used for laying to make bedding.

The palm branches are plaited to make ‘bundles’ for carrying.

Four or five bundles of palm branches are carried at a time.

Rattan vines are pulled down from the trees where they hang.

Rattan vines are wound into coils to be carried home.

Coils of rattan vines, to be used in tying during house building.

Roslan ˀAŋah selects bamboo to harvest for house building.

The fruit of sʹkɛᵏ haar, a pandanus, which had hard hairs inside it, was also used as a comb.

Taliᵏ talùd, the soft pith of which is used to make blowdart ﬂights.

Cutting the kɛdrɛd vine to extract its latex.

The latex from the kɛdrɛd vine is used as a gum, to stick the cones of blow-darts on and the barrels of the blowpipe together.

Dơơg, or ipoh poison, just tapped from the tree. (Credit: Rapi)

Cooked poison is filtered through a sponge of bamboo shavings.

The tubers of the kʹwaay cʹˀaag was a sources of fish ‘poison’.

Gooc, a brittle tree resin that is burned to blacken hunting implements, is also a herbal remedy for mouth ulcers.

Saməl, palm cotton, used for lighting fires and for shooting blow-darts, is scraped from a jííg palm. (Credit: ˀIdris ˀAsơd)

Saməl, palm cotton is scraped from a jííg palm. (Credit: ˀIdris ˀAsơd)

Gasɛᵏ palm, from which cotton is sourced. (Credit: ˀAnɛl)

ˀAŋgruy, a fruit of a bean pod that makes bean sprouts which are popular in Thailand.

Manau rattan is prepared for collection by Temiars of the Upper Puyan kin group, in 2014.

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