Hernandia sonora L.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
PLANTS of the MARIANAS ISLANDS
ROTA
Hernandia sonora L.	Bxaininedfor
Locality	JWpwii	M.
Road from Songsong village
along Sosanlagh Bay.
Occurrence
Common in coral and coral sand.
Date May 17, 1966	Alt. 5-10	m
Coll. Michael Evans	No. 1988
Remarks Tree to 8 m high. Leaves dark
green, slightly shiny above, lighter and
dull below. Receptacle of ripe fruit white,
inflated to 3 cm diam., thin-walled, Con-
taining the nut which is about 1,8 cm diam.
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