[Mihalic] type of tree: talisa/kaot

[Thomas Slone]

Sounds like it might be the same as talis (Terminalia catappa), which 
is described has having red leaves:
http://www.cybermango.net/tropilab/terminalia-cat.html

--Tom Slone


>Hi, everyone.
>
>In a dictionary I am developing for the Rotokas language of Bougainville,
>my consultants refer to a red-leafed tree that grows on the coast as
>'talisa' or 'kaot' in Tok Pisin. I was just wondering whether anyone was
>familiar with these terms and could provide more info. More specifically,
>I'm trying to find the common and/or scientific name of this tree in
>English.
>
>Here's an except from my Shoebox dictionary:
>
>\ex Okaoto evaoa vo raga toupaivera avakava sirova.
>\xp Diwai talisa em i save grow arere long nambis.
>\xe The talisa tree only grows here on the coast.
>
>Thanks,
>Stuart
>
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