Tatanua face masks are normally carved from lime wood and completed and decorated with fibres from sugar cane, wool and other animal hair.
Alstonia scholaris | Alstonia spathulata | Alstonia | Alstonia constricta |
Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae, commonly called Blackboard tree, Indian devil tree, Ditabark, Milkwood pine, White cheesewood and Pulai (Bengali:ছাতিম) (Urdu: پھلاہی); syn.
Alstonine is an indole alkaloid and putative antipsychotic constituent of various plant species including Alstonia boonei, Catharanthus roseus, Picralima nitida, Rauwolfia caffra and Rauwolfia vomitoria.
Tall trees such as Eugenia, Alstonia and rain trees (Albizia saman) in the surroundings make picnics and other activities more enjoyable.