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Sideroxylon grandiflorum

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44: 327: 58: 76: 354:. 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. 389:
Plant Science Bulletin disputed Temple's research as flawed. The Bulletin published evidence as to why the dodo's extinction did not directly cause the increasing disappearance of young trees, including suggestions that the
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Temple's hypothesis that the tree required the dodo was 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
382:, and competition from 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. 370:. 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 394:
giant tortoises would have been more likely to disperse the seeds than dodos, casting doubt on Temple's view as to the dodo and the tree's sole survival relationship.
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This dodo 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.
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The widespread misconception that the tambalacoque absolutely required the dodo for its seeds to germinate.
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Tree Absolutely Required the Dodo Bird for its Seeds to Germinate"
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The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
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In 1973, it was thought that the species was becoming
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No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species
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Dodo tree


Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Asterids
Ericales
Sapotaceae
Sideroxylon
Binomial name
A.DC.
Synonyms
Sapotaceae
endemic
Mauritius
peach
drupes
endocarp
Plumeria
cauliflorous

extinct
growth rings
Stanley Temple
dodo
wild turkeys

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