Atuna racemosa subsp. racemosa
Subspecies of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Subspecies of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Atuna racemosa subsp. racemosa is a subspecies of Atuna racemosa, a plant species in the family Chrysobalanaceae.
| Atuna racemosa subsp. racemosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
| Genus: | Atuna |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. r. subsp. racemosa |
| Trinomial name | |
| Atuna racemosa subsp. racemosa | |
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It is a tree of moderate size, widespread over the Indo-Malaysian and South Pacific areas. It is found growing in such places as Papua New Guinea (kusta), Java, Borneo, Truk Islands (ais) and prolifically on the sea front and in the river valleys of Fiji (makita). This tree once provided the timber for the spars of canoes. The ovoid fruit which this tree bears have been used for medicinal purposes (Truk Is.), or as a glue and varnish in food bowl manufacture (Solomon Is.).[3] Its seeds are a major source of alpha-Parinaric acid, a conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid with various uses.[4]
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