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Intsia bijuga is the official tree of the United States territory of Guam and is a culturally important tree throughout the rest of the Marianas. [15] The Tivia clan of Suburam village on the north coast of Papua New Guinea believe that the timber has spiritual powers, [22] and the tree is sacred to Fijian people. [12] [7]
Guam: Ifit (Pacific teak) Intsia bijuga: 1969 [17] Hawaii: Candlenut tree (kukui) Aleurites moluccanus: 1959 [18] Idaho: Western white pine: Pinus monticola: 1935 [19] Illinois: White oak: Quercus alba: 1973 [20] Indiana: Tulip tree: Liriodendron tulipifera: 1931 [21] Iowa: Oak (variety unspecified) Quercus spp. 1961 [22] Kansas: Eastern ...
Intsia bijuga (ifit) flower cluster. University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam. In dieser Datei abgebildete Objekte depicts. creator. Einige Werte ohne einen Wikidata-Eintrag.
In 2012, Craig M. Costion and David H. Lorence compiled a list of Micronesian endemic plants, and assessed that the Mariana Islands had 22 endemic plant species (16 species in the southern Mariana Islands, of which 11 were isolated to Guam, and 5 species in the northern Mariana Islands).
A new tally after taxonomic revisions and the establishment of a population of Guam rail on Cocos Island, [16] indicates there are now 5 of 16 native terrestrial (non-migratory) birds that remain in the wild on Guam: the Micronesian starling, [17] yellow bittern [18] (not endemic), and three endangered birds (Guam rail, Mariana common moorhen ...
Serianthes nelsonii is a large tree endemic to Guam and Rota of the Mariana Islands.Only one mature tree existed on Guam (until November 2024, when it was announced it perished to the consequences of deforestation and the 2023 Typhoon Mawar [3]), while 121 mature trees have been identified on Rota since 1984.
Elaeocarpus joga is a species of tree in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is native to the Mariana Islands and Palau. It is a moderately-sized tree with blue-coloured, round, 1.5cm diameter fruit and leaves which turn bright red before they senescence. In the Chamorro language it is called yoga. [3]
Edwin Safford wrote in 1905 that Glochidion marianum was used by the Chamorros of Guam to make cart shafts, as the wood is very strong. [23] Glochidion species are some of the most widespread medicinal plants used among the peoples of the Pacific, typically using the leaves and bark. However, no specific medicinal uses have been recorded from ...