A ti plant, Cordyline terminalis [Lil.].
During a ritual to call someone's soul back from the sun, opah1, a ti plant, along with a small reed, ata''uy, is held up to shade the eyes when looking into the sun to call the soul of one for whom the ceremony is performed and to serve as a perch for the soul upon returning. Its bright red leaves are used also as a head decoration, pongot, during a headhunting expedition, bahbah. This plant is also placed on top of a scarecrow, kinnāhu, guarding the path into the village during the holiday, tūngaw, at the conclusion of harvest. Ti plants are planted on dikes and walls of pond fields to prevent the retaining walls from sliding.