Terminalia carolinensis
Kaneh.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Nuts
The nuts are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in freshwater swamp areas.
FSM, Kosrae, Marquesas, Micronesia, Pacific, Pohnpei,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows straight and has branches coming out parallel to the ground. It can grow 25 m tall. It has buttresses at the base. They can stretch 10 m from the base.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Terminalia carolinensis, commonly known as the ka tree or keima tree, is a tree that grows on the Micronesian islands of Kosrae and Pohnpei. The trees have umbrella shaped crowns and mossy buttressed bases. The trees are found in the Yela Forest. Known as Keima on Pohnpei and Ka on Kosrae, it is used for timber, canoe manufacture, cabinetry, flooring, for medicine and for its edible nuts.
Notes
An unresolved name in The Plant List.
Names & Synonyms
Ka, Keima
References (1)
- www.manoa.hawaii.edu/botany/plants of micronesia
