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Streblus pendulinus

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Aiai or Hawaiian roughbushMoraceae (Mulberry family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (Also found from New Guinea to Micronesia, south to Norfolk Island, eastern Australia, New Hebrides, Fiji, and Rapa.Hawaii Island (Cultivated)Sapling.Flowers www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4832629550/in/photolist-...Fruits are mildly sweet www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4832021419/in/photolist-...Joseph Rock (1919) noted, The wood of the Aiai is light brown, close-grained, hard, and tough. The aboriginals of New South Wales employed the wood for their boomerangs. When properly dressed and polished it has a remarkable resemblance to Oak.

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