OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 295

kastélah

•  Turkish wheat; maize(eng).milu(ind).turksche tarwe(nld).

Scientific name: Zea mays L.

Note: Perhaps the name is due to the fact that Castilians introduced maize into these regions.