OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 273

ròtah-ròtah

•  a plant, the different parts of the plant are used externally for the severe itching caused by pustules, etc(eng).een plant, de verschillende deelen worden uitwendig aangewend bij hevige jeuking door puistjes, enz(nld).

Scientific name: Cissus repens Lam

Note: In Filet it is less correctly called Gumi rotto-rotto a name Miquel says is common on Timor