Uto (common name: breadfruit; scientific name: artocarpus altilis)\u000b\u000b\n\nsignificance/indicators of uto: Bears more than three fruits in a branch.\n\nIn a breadfruit tree which often bears more that three fruits in a branch which also been found to significantly enhance the ability to understand and interpret warning information. The usage of traditional knowledge leads to practical strategies that are accepted by local cultures and are therefore more likely to be sustained. The incorporation of traditional knowledge into warning systems has been recommended to increase perceptions of reliability and hopefully thus increasing responses.\n

Draunivudi (common name: plantain; scientific name: musa app)\n\n\u000b\u000bsignificance/indicators of draunivudi: Young shoot is bent before it flowers.\u000b\u000b\n\nThe young shoot of the vudi or plaintain is bent before it flowers, this type of knowledge is often overlooked and undervalued as not being ‘scientific’, but rather inaccessible and different or difficult to deal with. However, natural warning signs are understood locally by people who may feel alienated from the scientific system, and give good lead times for preparation. \n\n