Protoform: KALAKA [OC] A tree (Planchonella sp.)

Description: A tree (Planchonella sp.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*2 PCP *qalaka 'Planchonella costata' (Geraghty 2004).
*4 POC *kalaka "Planchonella sp." (LPO III:203)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Karaka/rapai (Acalypha grandis) (Yen)
Anuta Karaka/ravatua (Euphorbia aloto) (Yen)
East Futuna Kalaka Tree sp. (I) (Mfr)
Emae Kalaka Tree sp. (Cpl)
Fijian Qalaka (Planchonella costata) (Cpl)
Fijian Karaka/rawa Green Problematic (Cpl)
Hawaiian ʔAalaʔa (Planchonella sandwicensis) (Pki)
Mangaia Karaka A tree with hard, red wood (Chn)
New Zealand Maori Karaka a tree (Corynocarpus laevigata) (Wms)
Niue Kalaka Tree sp. (Planchonella costata) (Sph)
Pukapuka Kalaka Seed of a pukaama tree (Mta)
Pukapuka Kalaka Name of foreign tree with red bark and fruit (Sby)
Rapa Kalaka A tree (Nesoluma polynesicum) (Brn)
Rarotongan Karaka (Elaeocarpus rarotongensis) ; (Planchonella grayana) (NPT) (McC)
Samoan Alaʔa A tree (Planchonella sp.), a shrub (Chariessa sp.) (Prt)
Tongan Kalaka A tree (Planchonella grayana) (Whr)
Tuamotu Karaka Tree sp (Stn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Kalaka Big tree at the seashore, its leaves are hard and with white liquid, its wood is used for posts (Hvn)
West Futuna Karaka Fruit tree (with small fruit) (Dty)

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