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Buchanania macrocarpa

Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Maluku to Papuasia
Climate
wet tropical

About

A tree in the Anacardiaceae family, Buchanania macrocarpa is native to an area in the southwest Pacific from the Solomon Islands to the northern Maluku Islands.

Where it grows

The plant is native to an area from the Solomon Islands to the northern Maluku islands. Countries and regions that it occurs in are: Solomon Islands; Papua Niugini (PNG, including Bismarck Archipelago); Indonesia (West Papua, northern Maluku Islands).

Uses

The Yachai people of Mappi Regency, West Papua, use the good quality wood to make medium-sized boats.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buchanania macrocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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