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Mora megistosperma

Species of rainforest tree From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Mora megistosperma also called Mora oleifera is a species of rainforest tree in the Bean Family (Leguminosae, or Fabaceae and in the Cassia subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is commonly called Mora or Mangle Nato It is found in Costa Rica, Panama Colombia and Ecuador. It grows 147 feet (45 meters) in height and up to thirteen feet (4.0 meters) diameter at breast height (D.B.H.). It is most noted for producing the largest seeds of any Dicot plant (kidney-shaped typical of the family); and up to 7 inches (18 cm) long by six inches (15 cm) wide,[1] and up to four inches (ten cm) thick.[2] and can weigh up to 2.2 pounds (1,000 grams).[3][4] and is exceeded only by Lodoicea and Cocos nucifera var. gigantea.This seed is in a single-seeded legume which develops from a tiny flower only one millimeter (one twenty-fifth inch) in width. These white flowers are in little spikes about five inches (twelve centimeters) long. The leaves are paripinnate with just two pairs of ovate or oblong leaflets, each leaflet up to seven inches (18 centimeters) long.[5]

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