OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 247

aligurò

•  a shrub, people who suffer from smallpox are sprinkled with water in which the flowers have been soaked(eng).een heester, met water, waarin de bloemen geweekt zijn, worden lijders aan pokziekte besprenkeld(nld).

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana coronaria R. Br

Note: In Filet it is incorrectly called Alligurua bonga neither in the latter nor in Miguel is the medical use stated