OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 306

liguah

•  a tree, the leaves of which are pushed into the nostril nearest the site of the pain during a migraine to induce sneezing or create a distraction(eng).lenggua(ind).een boom, de bladeren worden bij schele hoofdpijn in het aangrenzende neusgat gestopt, om door opwekking tot niezen afleiding te geven(nld).

Scientific name: Pterocarpus indicus Wild

Note: It is less correctly called Lingoa by Filet