In Madagascar, a unit of mass, = 24 voamena, about 27.00 grams. Also called a roavonmena, and, apparently, voamena.
Jean Forien de Rochesnard.
Album des Poids d'Afrique. 2nd ed.
Colombes (France), 1978.
Page 212.
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