Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate
Page number: 257
bésa-bésa
• a creeper, to strengthen their skin, babies are washed in water in which the tendrils of this plant have been soaked(eng).een slingerplant, ter versterking der huid worden zuigelingen gewasschen in water, waarin de ranken dezer plant geweekt zijn(nld).
Scientific name: Aristolochia indica L
Note: It is less correctly called Bessa magumi by Filet