Terminalia carolinensis
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Terminalia carolinensis, commonly known as the ka tree or keima tree, is a tree that grows on the Micronesian islands of Kosrae and Pohnpei. The trees have umbrella shaped crowns and mossy buttressed bases.Nature Conservancy February/ March 2015 page 36 The trees are found in the Yela Forest. Known as Keima on Pohnpei and Ka on Kosrae, it is used for timber, canoe manufacture, cabinetry, flooring, for medicine and for its edible nuts.[http://manoa.hawaii.edu/botany/plants_of_micronesia/index.php/full-database/527-terminalia-carolinensis2 Terminalia carolinesis - Combretaceae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219071318/http://manoa.hawaii.edu/botany/plants_of_micronesia/index.php/full-database/527-terminalia-carolinensis2 |date=2015-02-19 }} People and Plants of Micronesia
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811091058/http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/protecting-worlds-last-ka-forest.html Protecting world's last ka forest] Nature Conservancy article on Treehugger website. Includes image of buttressed trunk and ka tree canopy
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Category:Endemic flora of the Federated States of Micronesia
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