Protoform: SINU.2 [EO] A shrub or tree with irritating sap (perhaps Phaleria sp.)

Description: A shrub or tree with irritating sap (perhaps Phaleria sp.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic
Notes:

*0 >> PN *tau-sinu "Tournefortia", XW *suni
*3 PEO *sinu "shore tree with scented, white flowers" (Gty.1983).
*3 PEO *sinu "taxon of shrubs whose sap causes irritation, including species of Phaleria" (LPO III:226)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Sinu A flowering shrub (Hoya bicarinata) (Yen). (Argusia argentea); (Cestrum diurnum) (Mfr)
Emae Sinu A tree sp. (Cpl)
Fijian Sinu Several trees whose sap is irritating (Phaleria) (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Sinu A tree with irritating sap (Clk)
Roviana Zinu A large-leafed plant; leaves used as cover of earth-oven (Whe)
West Futuna Sinu A tree whose sap said to cause blindness (Dty)
West Uvea Sinu Arbre: Palétuvier aveuglant (Excoecaria agallocha) (Hmn)

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