naosinivi Blackboard Tree; Indian Devil Tree

• • Blackboard Tree; Indian Devil Tree
  • • plants

  Scientific Name

  alstonia scholaris

  • • Example 4870:
      

      Beo meho aba tara bono naosinivi paa kiu kahi ni vori, ori paa kona voen, a aba to paa kiu kahi niu bona, eve to vaahito nana. Saka antee haa riori tea mosi.

      If other people see that the blackboard tree has been freed from the undergrowth around it, they recognise that the person who has done this work is the one who owns it. They cannot cut it down.

      Source: Joy 24W 009

    • Example 4871:
      

      Enam paa tara mau o peho naosinivi tea mohina tere Sinta. O naosinivi bona o mataa kurus tea kepo arae bono sinivi.

      We have seen a blackboard tree in Sinta's garden. This blackboard tree is very good for carving the canoe.

      Source: Sii 15W 081-082

Related entries

• See also:
  • nao³ tree; wood
  • sinivi¹ canoe with an outrigger
  • sinivi² Blackboard Tree, a hard wood tree used for making canoes
  • bio kind of ficus tree
  • maramakasi kind of big tree
  • nao sinivi wooden body of a canoe with an outrigger