Tonga Country Report - SPREP
Tonga Country Report - SPREP
Tonga Country Report - SPREP
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infestation. They must be unblemished, free from insect attack, and handled carefully in<br />
transport. The seeds must not be allowed to dry out, but if kept in moist conditions this<br />
makes them vulnerable to insert or fungal attack. It is best to transport and store them in<br />
small horizontal bundles covered with banana leaves/ palm fronds or sacking. The<br />
baskets commonly woven in <strong>Tonga</strong> from palm fronds are ideal.<br />
RhizophoralBruguiera seeds must be handled gently, particularly the plumule (spike) at<br />
the top of the hypocotyl.<br />
Excoecaria seeds should fall in late summer, and can be collected from the mangrove<br />
mud surface beneath the parent trees. They are