| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Rennellese
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PN.POTU.1
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Potu
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Piece, portion, fraction, section, end, room; nearby corner or end, as of a village; people of the village end or nearby village; to become related through marriage to a spouse's relatives
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Tikopia
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PN.POTU.1
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Potu
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Short section, piece, end; applied to short-handled implements; twig, end of branch, small length of wood
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West Futuna
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PN.POTU.1
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Potu
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A bed; coconut leaf matting
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Kapingamarangi
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OC.POU.1
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Bou
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Mast (sail, ship); flag pole
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Nukuoro
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OC.POU.1
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Bou. Pou (Crn).
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Mast
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Rotuman
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OC.POU.1
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Pou
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Mast; house-post supporting roof
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Takuu
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OC.POU.1
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Pou
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Post of a house. (Formerly only the posts that reached the ridgepole, but today this term refers to any major house post).
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Marquesas
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PN.POO-QULI
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Po/pouʔi. Poo/poouʔi (Atl).
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Matin. Morning twilight (i).
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West Uvea
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PN.POO-QULI
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Poouli
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Noir (par manque de lumière); nuit noire [Heo Dialect]
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New Zealand Maori
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CK.POU-TOKOMANAWA
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Pou-tokomanawa
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Centre pole supporting the ridgepole
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Rarotongan
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CK.POU-TOKOMANAWA
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Poutokomanava
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The post supporting the middle part of the roof (Etn)
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Mangareva
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OC.PUU.1
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Puu
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Trumpet. Conque marine qu'on fait retentir
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Tahitian
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OC.PUU.1
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Puu
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Coquillage (tous les gastéropodes de grande taille), en particulier la conque (Cymatium tritonis); conque, trompette, les cuivres en général
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Moriori
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PN.PUU.2
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Pu hhiamama
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Hollow (of tree)
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Niue
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PN.PUU.2
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Puu
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Hole (small holes, and concepts such as 'vacant, empty' associated with it); to have a hole, be perforated, punctured
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Penrhyn
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NP.PUQU
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Puu
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Principal part of something; tree, stem of tree; master, employer; handle; upright part of hat; hat-block; butt end of pandanus leaf
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.PUAGA
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Puanga
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Rigel, star marking season of plenty
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.PUAGA
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Puuanga/rua
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Rigel in Orion whose heliacal rising in June marked the start of the year (Stowell)
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Samoan
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OC.QAO.1
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Ao/tea
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The Magellanic Clouds
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Marquesas
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OC.PUAKA
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Puaka (MQN), puaʔa (MQS)
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Animal en général; cochon
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Mangareva
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OC.PUAKA
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Puaka maoi
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Pig
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Rarotongan
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OC.PUAKA
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Puaka maaori ~ puaka parakava
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Pig
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.PUA-PUA.1
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Puapua
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Female genitalia
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Pukapuka
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MP.PUA-PUA.1
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Puapua
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A tree used to make canoes . Used figuratively for vagina
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.PUA-PUA.2
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Puapua
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A white-flowered climber (Clematis paniculata)
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Mangareva
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MP.PUGA.1
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Puga
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A kind of madrepore (coral); breadfruit of which the flesh is scirrhous
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Tikopia
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MP.PUGA.1
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Punga
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Marine rock (probably coral)
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Easter Island
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PN.PUGA.2A
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Puŋa
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Crecido, gordo; estar a punto de madurar
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Samoan
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PN.PUGA.2A
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Puga
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Inflammation of inguinal lymphatic gland
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Nuguria
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AN.LIMA.A
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Rima
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Five
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Tahitian
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FJ.PUQI
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Pui/hauhau
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To blow gently, as a small breeze
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Niue
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PN.PUI.B
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Pui/pui
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Wall panel, wall paper, wall lining (any material that covers walls). Wall posts in pre-European house; door; veil (McE).
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Anuta
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RO.PUKA
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Puko pakatangia
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A kind of tree with fairly soft and very light wood, from which model canoes and outrigger floats are made (Hernandia peltata)
Problematic
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Rarotongan
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OC.KAFIKA
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Kaʔika
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Malay apple (Syzygium malaccense)
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New Zealand Maori
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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(Meryta sinclairii), (Eugenia maire)
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Ifira-Mele
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RO.PUKA
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Puka maapulu
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A tree (Pisonia umbellifera)
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Penrhyn
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RO.PUKA
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Puka ama
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Sea hearse, Chinese Lantern Tree (Hernandia nymphaefolia)
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Samoan
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OC.ASI
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Asi manogi
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Fijian sandalwood (Santalum yasi)
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Pukapuka
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RO.PUKA
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Puka/ama
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Lantern Tree (Hernandia mymphaeifolia)
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West Uvea
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RO.PUKA
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Puka
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Arbre dont on mange les feuilles (Pisonia grandis)
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Marquesas
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FJ.PUKE.1A
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Puke (MQN), puʔe (MQS)
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Mound, heap. Tas, monceau, amas.
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Mangareva
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FJ.PUKE.1A
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Puke
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Tas; entasser. A heap, a pile; to pile up, heap up; to amass, assemble, bring together (Tgr).
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Rapa
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FJ.PUKE.1A
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Pukeanga tamariki
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Family
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Hawaiian
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TA.PUKE.6
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Poʔe
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People...; plural marker
Problematic
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Rarotongan
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TA.PUKE.6
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Puke
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Prefix that marks dual (or paucal plural?)
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New Zealand Maori
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MP.PUKU.1A
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Puku
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Swelling; stomach
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Fijian
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FJ.PUKU.1B
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Buku
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Female genitals (Cent. Vanua Levu)
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Tuvalu
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PN.PAE-GA.A
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Paega
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Strips of coconut husk to be buried in preparation for sennit-making pile of stones used to make lau - kafa (local rope)
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Tuvalu
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NP.PAKA-PAKA
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Pakapaka
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Emaciated
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Tuvalu
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FJ.PAU.3
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Pau
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(Guettarda speciosa) ; (Mammea glauca)
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