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Pollen from Hawian Wililaiki Honey Through the Microscope

Two Schinus Pollens from Hawaian Wililaiki Honey

This is pollen found in a wililaiki honey sample from Hawaii. The mounting medium is MeltMount with a refractive index of 1.704. This is at intermediate focus. Peruvian peppertree (Schinus molle) and Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius)

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Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids ORDER: Sapindales FAMILY: Anacardiaceae GENUS: Schinus SPECIES: molle

Schinus terebinthifolius is known as the Peruvian pepper tree.

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References:

Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.

Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.

Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991