''Terminalia carolinensis'', commonly known as the ka tree or keima tree, is a tree that grows on the

Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: Maritime Southeast Asia to the west, Poly ...

n islands of

Kosrae Kosrae ( ), formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island in the Caroline Islands archipelago, and States of Micronesia, state within the Federated States of Micronesia. It includes the main island of Kosrae, traditionally known as Ual ...

and

Pohnpei Pohnpei (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension, from Pohnpeian: "upon (''pohn'') a stone altar (''pei'')") is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group. It belongs to Pohnpei State, one of the fou ...

. The trees have umbrella shaped crowns and mossy buttressed bases.Nature Conservancy February/ March 2015 page 36 The trees are found in the

Yela Forest Yela Ka Forest is a conservation area of ka trees ('' Terminalia carolinensis'') in the Yela Valley on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. The trees are also found on the island of Pohnpei. A conservation easement, the fi ...

. 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.Terminalia carolinesis - Combretaceae
People and Plants of Micronesia

References

External links

Nature Conservancy article on Treehugger website. Includes image of buttressed trunk and ka tree canopy

carolinensis The ''Anolis carolinensis'' series is a proposed clade or subgroup of closely related mid-sized trunk crown anoles () within the genus ''Anolis''. It was created by Nicholson ''et al''. in 2012 and defined as containing 13 species, a few examples ...

Endemic flora of the Federated States of Micronesia Kosrae Pohnpei {{Myrtales-stub