Semecarpus forstenii explained

Semecarpus forstenii is a species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.[1] The tree's sap is poisonous.

Names

S. forstenii is reconstructed as *lapuka in the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language, the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1913-1 Semecarpus forstenii - Plants of the World Online
  2. Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (eds). 2008. The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Volume 3: Plants. Pacific Linguistics 599. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.

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