[Mihalic] diwai pati

[Stuart Robinson]

I'm trying to figure out the common and/or scientific name of a type of 
tree traditionally used in Bougainville to putty canoes. I've come across 
references to it as 'diwai pati' in Tok Pisin and as 'asitai' in Rotokas. 
Here's an example taken from an in-progress trilingual Rotokas/Tok 
Pisin/English dictionary:

\ex Asitai ova oa iava kueara-ia, opuruara asitapaveira.
\xp Long diwai pati ol man i save kisim prut bilong em na patim ol kanu.
\xe The 'asitai' tree, they always puttied canoes with the fruit of it.

Any ideas from the more botanically knowledgeable out there?

Thanks,
Stuart

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