There are 125 varieties of Colocasia esculenta, or dalo known in the Fiji Islands, of which at least 70 were grown and consumed by Fijians before the arrival of other settlers and the before commercialisation of the root crop.
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Yaka, one of Fiji's renowned primitive conifers, is a member of the family Podocarpaceae.
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The Tagimaucia is a liana (woody vine), that forms thickets high up in the canopy, much similar to the growth of the duva, Derris trifoliata.
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This species of Balaka is usually a small palm, but it can grow up to 13m in height, with an 8 cm diameter trunk.
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Balaka macrocarpa is a small palm that grows to only 8 m high with a trunk from 5-10 cm in diameter.
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The Pacific kauri is a gymnosperm, and can become a tall tree, growing up to 40 m in height, with a trunk up to 3 m in diameter.
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The Yanita is a beautiful tall tree that can grow from 15-30m in height.
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Drautabua is a gymnosperm belonging to the family Podocarpaceae, and a member of the wider and better known Pine family.
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Taqwa is a moderately stout, small understorey palm that grows up to 5 m in height, with a trunk to 15 cm in diameter.
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This palm is the stoutest of all Balaka growing to a height of 4-7 m with a trunk up to 10cm in diameter.
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Alsmithia longipes is a medium-sized palm, the trunk of which grows up to 10m in height.
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This is a solitary and generally slender palm that grows up to 15 m in height.
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Vilaito is a solitary, moderately stout palm with a light coloured trunk on an expanded base. The trunk normally grows up to 12 m in height and is stout, at about 25 cm in diameter.
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