Semecarpus forstenii

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'''''Semecarpus forstenii''''' is a species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.<ref>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1913-1 Semecarpus forstenii - Plants of the World Online]</ref> The tree's sap is poisonous.<ref name="Ross-Plants"/>

==Names== ''S. forstenii'' is reconstructed as '''*lapuka''' in the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language, the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages.<ref name="Ross-Plants">Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (eds). 2008. [http://hdl.handle.net/1885/106908 ''The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society'']. Volume 3: [https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/106908/7/RossPawleyOsmond-ProtoOceanicLexicon-Vol3-Plants.pdf Plants]. Pacific Linguistics 599. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.</ref>

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Category:Flora of New Guinea forstenii