Sentence:  They left the drive and stood among the wild tannia under the saman tree. Mrs Tulsi held a <WSD>liana</WSD> and offered it to Mr Biswas. While he felt it, she held a thinner <WSD>liana</WSD> and pulled it down. ‘As strong as rope,' she said. ‘The children could skip with this.' 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.