| Sample ID | 129-156-2 |
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| Species | fagiferus |
| Genus | Inocarpus |
| Family | FABACEAE |
| Common name | Tahitian chestnut |
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| Pollen / Spore | pollen |
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| Morphologic type | tricolpate |
| Surface pattern | psilate |
| Equatorial size | mean 23 |
| Polar size | mean 18 |
| Equatorial shape | rectangular (broad) |
| Polar shape | circular |
| Grain arrangement | dicot |
| Pore colpuses | 3 |
| Colpi length | > 2/3 |
| Wall thickness | 1.5 |
| Wall evenness | even |
| Exine type | tectate |
| Columella visible? | True |
| Morphology notes | Psilate/tectate. Columnellae visible. Exine thickness 1.5um. Three colpi more than 3/4 length of pollen. Colpus defined irregular and below exine. Strucutre square to oval shaped. |
| Plant type | angiosperm |
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| Floristic region(s) | Northwest Pacific , West Pacific , East Pacific Islands |
| Vegetation communities | open forest, shrubland |
| Habitat notes | Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. From Java to the Marquesas. Grows at elevations of sea-level to 500 metres. More common near low elevations along shorelines, wet areas, swamps, marshes,mangroves and rivers where there is a mean rainfall from 1500-4300mm (60-170 inches). Located in the fossil pollen record of the core KAO3 from Rano Kao, Rapa Nui(Easter Island)(Gossen, 2010) |
| Collector | E.J. Cushing |
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| Collection site | Jawa, Banguntapan |
| Collection country | Indonesia |
| Collection date | 1992-05-09 |
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