Tropical tree seed ID(Uganda)

[Kostas]

Hello

A friend collected for me a variety of seeds off large rainforest tree species in Uganda. These may or may not be native as seeds were also collected at a botanical park in Kampala where exotic species grow as well. Most seeds I managed to ID but 2 species I haven't been able to.

Species 1: Fruit is soft when wet, hard when dry. Very fibrus with a seed having a texture like an olive seed but half the size and lightweight

Fruits

Fruit and seed

Seed

[Kostas]

Species 2: A tall, huge growing rainforest tree species. Fruits red. Seeds large, hard, very woody and heavy

Any leads would be much appreciated!

[Pedro 65]

Kostas, I'd say Monodora myristica ( Nutmeg) which is a beautiful looking tree , heres a very young 1 here ( still in a pot) showing its long drooping leaves Pete

[Kostas]

Thank you Pete

I think the seeds look different from the pictures I found

[Loxahatchee Adam]

Terminalia species?

[Kostas]

Thank you Adam I think not. Terminalia chebula seems close but i think its not it either, seed is somewhat different

[Kostas]

Here are the resulting seedlings so far:

The left ones are quite strange looking and I guess must be impressive latter on

[Josh-O]

very interesting.... 

[Kostas]

Indeed!  

It would be great if we get to ID them but i mostly hope these can live here and get to be huge trees! I will protect them for their first years and once big enough, i will try one of each species out all winter and see how they handle it. I have many more spouters now from the intricate leafed one and i am very happy about that! You can barely seen their stems emerging in the above photo

 

Something that may help with the ID is that the flat leafed ones had a particularly unusual way of emerging from their seeds. They emerged ''leafs first'', with their leafs packed the same way as a plumeria flower is packed in its bud. Never seen that before in dicot seedlings

[Steve the palmreader]

Here are the resulting seedlings so far:

The left ones are quite strange looking and I guess must be impressive latter on

Coffee ?

[Kostas]

The first seedling leafs do look superficially like it but the seeds are totally different. I did plant a couple coffee seeds in there too but not as many as the seedlings are