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- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum abstract "Sideroxylon grandiflorum, known as tambalacoque or dodo tree, is a long-lived tree in the family Sapotaceae, endemic to Mauritius. It is valued for its timber.The Sideroxylon grandiflorum fruit is analogous to the peach. They are both termed drupes because both have a hard endocarp, or pit, surrounding the seed, with the endocarp naturally splitting along a fracture line during germination.In 1973, it was thought that this species was dying out. There were supposedly only 13 specimens left, all estimated to be about 300 years old. The true age could not be determined because tambalacoque has no growth rings. Stanley Temple hypothesized that the dodo, which became extinct in the 17th century, ate tambalacoque fruits, and only by passing through the digestive tract of the dodo could the seeds germinate. Temple (1977) force-fed seventeen tambalacoque fruits to wild turkeys. Seven of the fruits were crushed by the bird's gizzard. The remaining ten were either regurgitated or passed with the bird's feces. Temple planted the remaining ten fruits and three germinated. Temple did not try to germinate any seeds from control fruits not fed to turkeys so the effect of feeding fruits to turkeys was unclear. Reports made on tambalacoque seed germination by Hill (1941) and King (1946) found the seeds germinated without abrading.Temple's hypothesis that the tree required the dodo has been contested. Others have suggested the decline of the tree was exaggerated, or that other extinct animals may also have been distributing the seeds, such as tortoises, fruit bats or the broad-billed parrot. Wendy Strahm and Anthony Cheke, two experts in Mascarene ecology, claim that while a rare tree, it has germinated since the demise of the dodo and numbers a few hundred, not 13. The difference in numbers is because young trees are not distinct in appearance and may easily be confused with similar species. The decline of the tree may possibly be due to introduction of domestic pigs and crab-eating macaques and competition with introduced plants. Catling (2001) in a summary cites Owadally and Temple (1979), and Witmer (1991). Hershey (2004) reviewed the flaws in Temple's dodo-tambalacoque hypothesis.In 2004, Botanical Society of America's Plant Science Bulletin disputed Dr. Temple's research as flawed which published evidence as to why the dodo's extinction did not directly cause the increasing disappearance of young trees including suggestion that tortoises would have been more likely to disperse the seeds than dodo hence discrediting Temple's view as to the dodo and the tree's sole survival relationship.To aid the seed in germination, botanists now use turkeys and gem polishers to erode the endocarp to allow germination. This tree is highly valued for its wood in Mauritius, which has led some foresters to scrape the pits by hand to make them sprout and grow.".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum binomialAuthority Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum class Eudicots.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum division Flowering_plant.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum family Sapotaceae.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum genus Sideroxylon.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum kingdom Plant.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum order Asterids.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum order Ericales.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum synonym "*Calvaria grandiflora (A.DC.) Dubard".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum synonym "*Sapota lessertii A.DC.".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum synonym "*Sideroxylon annithomae Aubrév.".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum synonym "*Sideroxylon lessertii (A.DC.) Baker".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum thumbnail DodoTree-Naturalis-PeterMaas2009.jpg?width=300.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageExternalLink Dodo.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageExternalLink 587.
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- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageExternalLink 1110.html.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageExternalLink sample-extinction.pdf.
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- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageOutDegree "38".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageRevisionID "682123153".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Asterids.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Botanical_Society_of_America.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Broad-billed_parrot.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Mauritius.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sideroxylon.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_Africa.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Crab-eating_macaque.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Dendrochronology.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Dodo.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Domestic_pig.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Drupe.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Ecology.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Endemism.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Ericales.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Eudicots.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Flowering_plant.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Fruit_anatomy.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Introduced_species.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Mascarene_Islands.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Mauritius.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Megabat.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Oikos_(journal).
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Peach.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Plant.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Réunion.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Sapotaceae.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Science_(journal).
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Sideroxylon.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Sideroxylon_majus.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Stanley_Temple.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Tortoise.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Tumble_finishing.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Turkey_(bird).
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLink Wild_turkey.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLinkText "S. grandiflorum".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sideroxylon grandiflorum".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum binomial "Sideroxylon grandiflorum".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum binomialAuthority Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum familia Sapotaceae.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum genus "Sideroxylon".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum imageCaption "Seeds of Sideroxylon grandiflorum.".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum imageWidth "250".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum ordo Ericales.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum regnum Plant.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum species "S. grandiflorum".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum synonyms "*Calvaria grandiflora Dubard *Sapota lessertii A.DC. *Sideroxylon annithomae Aubrév. *Sideroxylon lessertii Baker".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum unrankedClassis Eudicots.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum unrankedOrdo Asterids.
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- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum subject Category:Flora_of_Mauritius.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum subject Category:Sideroxylon.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum subject Category:Trees_of_Africa.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum hypernym Tree.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum type Eukaryote.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum type Plant.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum type Species.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum type Thing.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum type Q19088.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum type Q756.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum comment "Sideroxylon grandiflorum, known as tambalacoque or dodo tree, is a long-lived tree in the family Sapotaceae, endemic to Mauritius. It is valued for its timber.The Sideroxylon grandiflorum fruit is analogous to the peach. They are both termed drupes because both have a hard endocarp, or pit, surrounding the seed, with the endocarp naturally splitting along a fracture line during germination.In 1973, it was thought that this species was dying out.".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum label "Sideroxylon grandiflorum".
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs Q1027556.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs Sideroxylon_grandiflorum.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs Sideroxylon_grandiflorum.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs Calvariabaum.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs Sideroxylon_grandiflorum.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs Tambalacoque.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs עץ_הדודו.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs Sideroxylon_grandiflorum.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs 도도나무.
- Sideroxylon_grandiflorum sameAs കാൽവേരിയ_മരം.