kevira Tahitian Chestnut, a tree whose seeds are edible, starchy and [...]

• • Tahitian Chestnut, a tree whose seeds are edible, starchy and can be eaten as other starch foods
  • • plants

  Scientific Name

  inocarpus edulis

  • • Example 3328:
      

      O kevira o naono o bebeera.

      The Tahitian chestnut is a very big tree.

      Source: Sii 15W 045

    • Example 3329:
      

      O kevira na purapura batana tea veava.

      The Tahitian chestnut grows in the bush.

      Source: Sii 15W 046

    • Example 3330:
      

      O kevira eve o naono to aniani pete raara a vua nae.

      The Tahitian chestnut is a tree whose seeds we eat.

      Source: Sii 15W 047

    • Example 3331:
      

      Ahiki ta aba to nebaneba ni nana bono naono vai o kevira. O naovana koa to dee petepete rori bona vua nae, ore paa no varakaha bata ni bari tea maa meha maa hum ore paa pura pinopino bata.

      There is not anybody who plant the Tahitian chestnut. Only birds carry its seeds, one after the other, and then drop them in other places and then they grow everywhere.

      Source: Sii 17W 213-215

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• See also:
  • veava jungle; bush that has not been cleared