Talk:Sideroxylon grandiflorum

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Does anyone know how tall this tree gets? Any article about a tree should include its height. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.16.9 (talk) 04:45, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would appear to me trivial that this tree is the one upon which Gerald Durrell's book The Mockery Bird is based, yet I was unable to find any clear-cut reference in my edition of the book, nor in Google. Would anybody happen to know if this is the case? -Itai 22:07, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I started the Durrell page, but I'm afraid I have no idea. Obviously he knew and wrote about Mauritius, but I don't know whether he was specific about the tree. DavidWBrooks 00:20, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Yes, the dodo and the dodo tree wee what durrell had in mind when he chose to write mockery bird as a "fable". all the information, including softening seed shells by digesting it - fits. and of course, the mockery bird is the dodo. Check the official biography by Douglas Botting.

Pradiptaray 22:51, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Argument too strong?[edit]

Why? Temple's hypothesis was one of (nearly) obligatory mutualism. This has been roundly rejected. Read Cheke's account in Studies of Mascarene Island birds (pp 17-19) for details. While Cheke isn't exactly one of the most soft-spoken scientists I've come across, it is a potential career-breaker to call a hypothesis "folklore" and one does not do this lightly (except in private ;-) ). Cheke in effect details how Temple came to his hypothesis through a series of inadvertent errors and insufficient field study. -- Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 18:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tone is a hard thing to argue about, but I don't see any particularly large problems. Perhaps some of the issues (such as the reasons for the decline of the tree) could be discussed without mentioning Temple at all, but the tone isn't that far off. Does someone who supports the tag have a suggested wording or summary of what they would change? Kingdon (talk) 19:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't find it harsh at all. 75.7.3.207 (talk) 04:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)"[reply]

I also fail to find the tone "too strong." The tag is now a year old, and the person who added it never posted rationale on this talk page. I'm removing it. --Stybn (talk) 19:45, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sideroxylon grandiflorum seeds[edit]

I have 8 seeds that range from 1 cm -1.4 cm wide and 1.6 cm -2.3 cm long. I have no turkeys. I planted 3 seeds last year as deep as the seed is long in potting soil. They never germinated. These current seeds have been weathered and I will plant them in a 6 inch pot on top of soil (barely pushed in the soil lengthwise. I mixed the soil from equal parts cow manure, play sand, peat moss and vermiculite. I will cover the seeds with with 1/2 inch vermiculite and 1 inch of straw and water before they dry out, every day if necessary. I will place the pot in direct sunlight. Days average 80F nights 65F. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.70.108.224 (talk) 19:52, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image[edit]

Couldn't someone take and upload a picture of the thing before it goes extinct?

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