| Sample ID | 178-10-4 |
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| Species | populnea |
| Genus | Thespesia |
| Family | MALVACEAE |
| Common name | Milo, Portia tree |
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| Pollen / Spore | pollen |
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| Morphologic type | pantoporate |
| Surface pattern | echinate |
| Equatorial size | min 72.5, mean 80, max 87.5 |
| Polar size | mean 80 |
| Equatorial shape | circular |
| Polar shape | circular |
| Grain arrangement | dicot |
| Aperture count | M |
| Pore morphology | with an operculum, sunken pore |
| Pore surface shape | circular |
| Wall thickness | 2.5 |
| Exine type | tectate |
| Columella visible? | True |
| Morphology notes | Periporate. Round pore apertures with well defined costae. Exine thickness 2.5um. Tectate/echinate with varied columnellae longer under echina, compressed at pore opening. Shape spheroidal. Aereolate. At pore opening compressed columnellae and longer at echinate extrusion. (notes from Thespesia populnea-Sumatra ref slide H167 by Gossen at University of Minnesota collection of Ed Cushing 2007) |
| Plant type | angiosperm |
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| Floristic region(s) | India (tropical) , Northwest Pacific , Central Pacific , East Pacific Islands , Other outside Australasia , Maritime Southeast Asia , Papua New Guinea (lowland) , Australia (east coast) |
| Vegetation communities | open forest, shrubland |
| Habitat notes | Tropical and sub-tropical warm found at sea-level to 275 metres. In very dry areas Milo survives by tapping underground water. Can survive 8 months of drought with mean annual temperature 20-26C. The tree is a valuable coastal windbreak. Found in the fossil pollen record for KAO3 of Rano Kao, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Gossen,2010). Also called Pacific Rosewood by natives of Easter Island that used this wood for carvings. |
| Collector | J.W. Parham |
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| ANU access code | 14368 |
| Collection site | Dobuilevu, Ra |
| Collection country | Fiji the Fiji Islands |
| Collection date | 1956-01-08 |
| Collection notes | Unknown slide preparation date |
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