Pollen from Hawian Wililaiki Honey Through the Microscope

Wililaiki (Schinus terebinthifolius) Pollen 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 high focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

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

Schinus terebinthifolius is known as Wililaiki in Hawaiian and as the Brazilian pepper tree elsewhere.

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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