''Bikkia tetrandra'' (

Chamorro Chamorro may refer to: * Chamorro people, the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific * Chamorro language, an Austronesian language indigenous to The Marianas * Chamorro Time Zone, the time zone of Guam and the Northern Mari ...

: ''gausali'') is an herbaceous member of the family Rubiaceae. It is native to

Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises the f ...

and islands of the western Pacific. The stems ignite easily and can be used to make torches or candles.

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tetrandra Flora of Papuasia Flora of the Pacific Plants described in 1782 {{Cinchonoideae-stub