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Autograph tree

Clusia major

Photo by mauna Kunzah
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Field Notes

Description:

This shrub had yellow bulbs with red bracts. The leaves are nearly heart shaped and smooth.

Habitat:

Spotted just outside a tropical rainforest.

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Clusia major

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Autograph Tree

Clusia major

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Comments (6)
mauna Kunzah
Thanks so much, SargonR. I didn't know that! I will try scratching my name into a leaf next time I'm around.
SargonR
We call them an autograph tree in Hawaii. People scratch notes/names etc. into the leaves and the writing stays on there.

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The Color Red
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Fruiting Bodies of the World
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Hawai'i Bioblitz 2013

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PublishedJuly 2, 2013

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