This article portrays the exchange of objects (trees), which creates trust and belonging between Butonese migrant farmer tenants, who are often Muslims, and Indigenous groups (landowners) in Maluku. The multifunctionality of trees and the flexibility of the land tenure system in Maluku have shaped the Butonese migrants’ sense of belonging and established their social and economic relations with the host society that provides the land. The ability of Butonese farmers to manage the landscape, especially by taking care of the trees, has made it possible for them to live consistently in Maluku for more than a century. Communal conflicts in the 2000s sought to expel them from the Maluku archipelago. Instead of returning to their origins in Sulawesi Island, their sense of belonging with the trees helped them to re-emerge and reconstitute mutual relations with their predominantly Christian Malukan landlords (tuan dusun).

这篇文章描绘了物品（树木）的交换，这在通常是穆斯林的布东移民农民租户和马鲁古的土著群体（地主）之间建立了信任和归属感。马鲁古树木的多功能性和土地使用制度的灵活性塑造了布东移民的归属感，并与提供土地的东道国社会建立了社会和经济关系。Butonese 农民管理景观的能力，特别是通过照料树木，使他们能够在马鲁古稳定地生活一个多世纪。2000 年代的社区冲突试图将他们驱逐出马鲁古群岛。而不是回到他们在苏拉威西岛的起源地，团度孙）。