Hōʻawa (Pittosporum flocculosum) (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hōʻawa (Pittosporum flocculosum)

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Newly opened fruits of hōʻawa (Pittosporum flocculosum) are exposing their seeds to birds (left), but older fruits and seeds have withered on the plant without being consumed (right) because the seed-dispersing birds are extinct.

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