OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1876c): Ambon Malay

kalitji

•  ko. plant whose seeds are often used by children to play marbles, made by cutting away the marble lying on the closed left hand with the thumb and index finger of the right hand(eng).[plant], de zaden worden door kinderen veel gebezigd om mede te knikkeren, herwelk geschiedt door de op de gesloten linkerhand liggende knikker met duim en wijsvinger der rechterhand weg te knippen(nld).

Scientific name: Guilandina bonduc

Note: Bat. Mal. klitji