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Thespesia populnea

Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

Small tree, about ten feet tall, with shiny dark green heart-shaped leaves up to six inches long, pale yellow flowers and dark green oblate spheroidal fruits up to two inches in diameter.

Habitat:

Tropical insular coastal strand.

Notes:

Spotted just behind the beach at Uppers park on Oahu's North Shore.

Reference Links:

Thespesia populnea - Wikipedia, Thespesia populnea (Milo)

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