buruhana² gympie gympie, moonlighter, stinger, type of baea-tree with [...]

• • gympie gympie, moonlighter, stinger, type of baea-tree with stinging leaves
  • • plants

  Scientific Name

  dendrocnite species

  • • Example 1168:
      

      O naono vai o buruhana na antee nana tea teki bona suin na aba. Beve ato vahoara bona, a suin nae na antee nana tea piipii. O hanatono ae o nahi na paku pete vo nana teebona.

      The buruhana plant can injure a person's body. When he accidentally touches it, his skin can develop sores. The nettles and the marking nut tree behave in the same way.

      Source: Sii 39W 002

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• See also:
  • baea stinging nettles, gympie gympie, stinger, plant which grows wild in the bush and has big leaves that secrete a stinging substance
  • hanatono stinging nettles
  • nahi Marking Nut Tree, Kidney Bean of Malacca, (small) tree with leaves that cause a rash when you touch them and feels like a jellyfish sting