kusu-kusu

I asked him to tell me if he knew of any part of Bouru where there was no “kusu-kusu,” as the coarse grass of the country is called.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

Bouru where there was no "kusu-kusu," as the coarse grass of the country is called.

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868