OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 301

galéyàsa

•  a plant, the young roots are eaten, the older roots are used for stomach complaints.een plant, de jonge wortelstok wordt gegeten, de oudere is een geneesmiddel tegen maagziekten.

Scientific name: Alpinia galanga Swarts

Note: It is less correctly called Galiassa by Filet