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‖ taccada|təˈkɑːdə|
[Sinhalese takkada.]
The Malayan rice-paper plant, Scævola Lobelia (or Königii), an erect shrub found on the sea-shores of tropical Asia, Australia, and Polynesia; its young stems have a pith resembling that of the rice-paper plant (Aralia papyrifera), and are used by the Malays for making artificial flowers, etc.
1866Treas. Bot. 1027/2 S[cævola] Lobelia (alias S. Königii and S. Taccada), the Taccada of India and Ceylon. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 376 Taccada of India and Ceylon (Scævola Lobelia, L.).—Shrubby plant. |