{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{speciesbox |genus = Terminalia |species = carolinensis |authority = Kaneh. }}
'''''Terminalia carolinensis''''', commonly known as the '''ka tree''' or '''keima tree''', is a tree that grows on the Micronesian islands of Kosrae and Pohnpei. The trees have umbrella shaped crowns and mossy buttressed bases.<ref name=nc>Nature Conservancy February/ March 2015 page 36</ref> The trees are found in the Yela Forest.<ref name=nc/> Known as Keima on Pohnpei and Ka on Kosrae, it is used for timber, canoe manufacture, cabinetry, flooring, for medicine and for its edible nuts.<ref>[http://manoa.hawaii.edu/botany/plants_of_micronesia/index.php/full-database/527-terminalia-carolinensis2 Terminalia carolinesis - Combretaceae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219071318/http://manoa.hawaii.edu/botany/plants_of_micronesia/index.php/full-database/527-terminalia-carolinensis2 |date=2015-02-19 }} People and Plants of Micronesia</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140811091058/http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/protecting-worlds-last-ka-forest.html Protecting world's last ka forest] Nature Conservancy article on Treehugger website. Includes image of buttressed trunk and ka tree canopy
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carolinensis Category:Endemic flora of the Federated States of Micronesia Category:Kosrae Category:Pohnpei
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