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Help to identificate seeds from Mauritius


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Hello! My granny brought me seeds from Mauritius, and I could identify pandanus utilise, but there is a problem with the other seeds. What do you think it could be? I think there is also a Cócos nucífera.

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6 hours ago, Marina Khabibullina said:

Hello! My granny brought me seeds from Mauritius, and I could identify pandanus utilise, but there is a problem with the other seeds. What do you think it could be? I think there is also a Cócos nucífera.

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I don't think any of the seeds are palm seeds except the one in upper right corner.  I believe you're right with the Pandanus utilis in the middle and I think the ones in the upper left are Terminalia catappa (tropical almond).

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Jon Sunder

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Way to go nan good stuff. The one on the top right looks similar to a chambeyronia.

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I think the top right is an immature coconut that’s been thrown off the palm for some reason. 
The top left looks like a tree. I’ve seen those seeds lying under big banyan style trees over there. Could be a Ficus. Top middle is definitely pandanus. Bottom left does look like a boabab style fruit. The other two are trees but I don’t know which ones. 

Unfortunately almost all the vegetation in Mauritius is introduced. There is no old growth forest left anymore probably disappearing in the 1800s. Native vegetation only exists in a small reserve in the SW of the island. It’s a beautiful place though. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Yes, in the top middle  is pandanus. Anf left down is baobab.
I think other are:
- Banyan (Fícus benghalénsis)
- Walnut Juglans mandshurica
- Coconut palm
- Latania (palm) Latania verschaffeltii

 

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