Acacia koa
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Read about Acacia koa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Koa. A species of Acacia (A. koa, page 186), from the wood of which the Hawaiians make their beautiful highly polished "calabashes."
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Read about Acacia koa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Acacia koa, Gray. Koa. Tree of 50-60 ft., with spreading branches: phyll. falcate, acuminate and tapering to base, striate with 3-5 parallel nerves more prominent, 4-5 in. long, 3/8-1/2in. wide; gland at base prominent: fls. in short racemes or rarely solitary, or in pairs, 50-60 fls. in a head; peduncles 1/2in. long, 5-merous; calyx united, ciliate edges: pod brown, flat, thin, reticulately nerved, more or less constricted between seeds, 5-6 in. long, 1/4-1 in. wide; seed dark brown, nearly transverse, oblong, about 1/2in long by 1/4in. wide; funicle light brown, filiform, not encircling seed but with 2 or 3 twists at hilum end. Hawaiian Isls.—A valuable timber tree, capable of receiving a high polish. It should be more largely grown in Calif. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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