OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

balacai

balacai roriha

•  a bush, the leaves are used against fits in small children.een struik, de bladeren worden gebezigd tegen stuipen bij kleine kinderen.

Scientific name: Ricinus communis L

balacai hisah

•  a bush, an extract of the bark is used as a remedy against thrush.een struik, een aftreksel der schors dient als middel tegen spruw.

Scientific name: Jatropha curcas L

Note: It is less correctly called Balletjaai by Filet