makasi¹ ambarella, Jew Plum Tree

• • ambarella, Jew Plum Tree
  • • plants

  Scientific Name

  spondias dulcis

  • • Example 4065:
      

      O makasi o naono o vuavua. A vua nae na aniani raara. Na tei me nana bono papasuu. A papasuu nae o toutou. Bea peree, a kapa nae a pereperee; be vuri, a kapa nae repaa kasikasiree.

      The makasi is a fruit bearing tree. We eat its fruit. It has a stone. Its stone is prickly. When it is unripe, its skin is green; when it ripens, its skin becomes yellow.

      Source: Sii 15W 056-060

Related entries

• See also:
  • makasi² ambarella fruit
  • papasuu pit; stone of the mango and the makasi fruit