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Tahitian chestnut or Polynesian chestnut
Inocarpus fagifer
About
Inocarpus fagifer, commonly known as the Tahitian chestnut or Polynesian chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The tree has a wide range in the tropics of the south-west Pacific and south-east Asian regions, and a history of traditional use by the peoples of Polynesia and Melanesia. It is the only edible and culturally important member of the genus Inocarpus.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Inocarpus fagifer
- Slug
- inocarpus-fagifer
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Inocarpus
- Species
- fagifer
- Wikidata QID
- Q2583958
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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