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<div>Sounds like it might be the same as talis (Terminalia catappa),
which is described has having red leaves:</div>
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<div>--Tom Slone</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hi, everyone.<br>
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In a dictionary I am developing for the Rotokas language of
Bougainville,<br>
my consultants refer to a red-leafed tree that grows on the coast
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>'talisa' or 'kaot' in Tok Pisin. I was
just wondering whether anyone was<br>
familiar with these terms and could provide more info. More
specifically,<br>
I'm trying to find the common and/or scientific name of this tree
in<br>
English.<br>
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Here's an except from my Shoebox dictionary:<br>
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\ex Okaoto evaoa vo raga toupaivera avakava sirova.<br>
\xp Diwai talisa em i save grow arere long nambis.<br>
\xe The talisa tree only grows here on the coast.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Stuart<br>
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