OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

(1) a kind of squid with long tentacles; the smaller species are eaten, the bigger ones are said to be dangerous to proas because they entwine them and drag them along.een soort inktvisch met lange vangarmen; de kleine soorten woorden gegeten, de grootere zouden voor prauwen gevaarlijk zijn, daar zij deze omstrengelen en meesleepen.

(2) a creeper the leaves are put on swollen parts of the body.een slingerplant, de bladeren worden op gezwollen deelen gelegd.

Scientific name: Roxburghia javanica Kunth

Note: It is claimed that they live in coral-rock cavities and take on the color of that rock so that only experts can catch them

Note: It is less correctly called Bootsja by Filet