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Page 154
... fine specimen may be seen at the Government Nursery , Honolulu . It is a handsome evergreen with entire , cuneate , coriacious leaves , having short petioles . The yellowish flowers come in clusters , and are quite fragrant . The fruit ...
... fine specimen may be seen at the Government Nursery , Honolulu . It is a handsome evergreen with entire , cuneate , coriacious leaves , having short petioles . The yellowish flowers come in clusters , and are quite fragrant . The fruit ...
Page 160
... fine specimen may be seen at the Government Nursery , Honolulu . Its leaves are al- ternate , odd pinnate . The small flowers come in terminal panicles . The fruit or nut is ellipsoidal . The thick skin , which is purple - colored when ...
... fine specimen may be seen at the Government Nursery , Honolulu . Its leaves are al- ternate , odd pinnate . The small flowers come in terminal panicles . The fruit or nut is ellipsoidal . The thick skin , which is purple - colored when ...
Page 216
... fine specimen of its kind is growing in Dr. St. D. G. Walter's garden in Honolulu . The leaves are oval to ovate , the petioles . having two glands . The fragrant purple flowers are about two inches in diameter . The ovoid - pointed ...
... fine specimen of its kind is growing in Dr. St. D. G. Walter's garden in Honolulu . The leaves are oval to ovate , the petioles . having two glands . The fragrant purple flowers are about two inches in diameter . The ovoid - pointed ...
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20 feet 2½ inches acid Apple aromatic bears berry black seeds BREADFRUIT Carica Cherimoyer cherry Citrus clusters color contains many seeds cultivated dark green delicious drupe eaten raw edible pulp elevation evergreen evergreen tree fleshy found growing fragrant G. P. W. Collection gardens germinate readily glabrous glossy Government Nursery grafted grown guava handsome hardy Hawaii Hawaiian Islands Honolulu inches in diameter inches in length inches long introduced to Hawaii Jambosa juicy kernel Kiawe large seed leaflets leathery leaves are oval LEMON light-green lobed low-growing tree Mammee Apple MANDARIN ORANGE mango Mangosteen Oahu obovate odor orange ovate panicles Papaya pear-shaped Persea gratissima petals petioles pinnate pinnate leaves plant PLATE Plum propagated purple rind ripens rough shape shell shiny leaves short petioles shrub small tree smooth specimens spreading branches stems sweet thin thrives tropical America true to seed trunk WATER APPLE West Indies white flowers yellow pulp yellow when ripe