[Mihalic] tanget and other botanical terms

Kimberli.Makarainen at uta.fi Kimberli.Makarainen at uta.fi
Thu Nov 18 19:26:48 EST 2004


Quoting C A Volker <volker at nalik.org>:

Can't help with either the Nalik or the Tok Pisin versions, but the ti
plant familiar to me is either Cordyline terminalis or Cordyline australis,
depending on whereabouts you're at. Cordyline australis appears to have
the name "ti kouka" or "cabbage tree". Don't know which one is being referred
to, though, in Nalik or in Tok Pisin.

Found this by the way:

34. Cordyline fruticosa (L. ) A Chev. LILIACEAE/AGAVACEAE
"cordyline, " "ti-plant"
syns. C. terminalis (L.) Kunth; Taetsia fruticosa (L.) Merr.

(http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80824e/80824E0q.htm)

This page gives you pictures of three Cordyline plants:
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxaga.htm

Hope this helps.

-Kimberli



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