Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Cultivated Plants of Hawaii
Anacardiaceae
Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe
Hawaii, Kauai County, Kauai Island. National Tropical
Botanical Garden, McBryde Garden, Big Valley, Map 3.
NTBG# 810205 001
21°54,271'N, 159*30.431’W
Elevation 50m
Tree ea. 30m tall. Fruits green with 5 remnant styles more
nrJei§ evenly spaced around top edge; endocarps
collected from ground have 5 visible opercula around top,
each with a visible mid line. Grown from wild source
from Papua New Guinea (“BV 59,03/24/1981”). Silica
sample deposited in the BBG Lab tissue collection and at
the NTBG herbarium, “Paldao, Papuan Walnut”
30 July 2008
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