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seeds, tropical

ISLAND SEED COMPANY

Seeds for collectors and tropical plant growers from the Mariana Islands
in the western Pacific Ocean.  We only supply fresh seeds from naturally
occurring trees.  All seeds are hand collected and naturally air dried
prior to shipment.  They are not treated with any insecticides or
fungicides.  Those marked with an asterisk may not always be available.

Order via e-mail (where possible) and shipment will be sent to you once
payment is received.  Otherwise, send order with payment.  Minimum order
is $20.00 (US dollars) and includes postage.  Remit payment in full to:

Island Seed Company
P.O. Box 8134, MOU-3
Dededo, Guam 96912

Contact us via e-mail at ritterguam@netpci.com with any questions.


PRICE LIST

Trees and Shrubs

Cycas circinalis
 Sexes are on separate trees.  Seeds require several months to
germinate.  Grows well in both shaded and direct sunlight.  Excellent
cultivated ornamental.  $1.50/4 seeds.

Pandanas tectorius
 Small to medium tree with serrated leaf margins and prop roots. Makes
an excellent cultivated ornamental.  Grows well in both shaded and
direct sunlight.  $1.50/5 seeds.

Cananga odorata *
 Medium tree with straggling branches and extremely fragrant flowers.
Introduced species.  $1.00/5 seeds.

Guamia marianne *
 Small, compact and many-branched understory tree with dark green glossy
leaves.  $1.50/4 seeds.

Cerbera dilatata *
 Tree up to 10 meters high with thick branches and fragrant flowers.
$1.50/4 seeds.

Neisosperma oppositifolia
 Straight growing tree up to 15 meters with whorled horizontal
branches.  Whorls are separated by fairly long distances.  $1.00/4
seeds.

Ochrosia mariannensis
 Small to medium tree with waxy and glossy red or yellow paired fruits.
$1.00/5 seeds.

Polyscias grandifolia *
 Small tree up to 4 meters with few branches.  $1.00/5 seeds.

Ceiba pantandra
 The "cotton tree" is a straight growing medium to tall tree that loses
it leaves as fruits ripen.  Each tree produces an adundance of oblong
fruits (pods) filled with a cottony fiber of long hairs.  $1.00/5 seeds.

Cordia subcordata
 Small to medium  many branched tree with orange flowers.  Frequently
branches near the ground and produces a multi-trunk tree.  Grows best in
strand habitat.  $1.00/6 seeds.

Tournefortia argentea
 Small to medium tree up to 5 meters with stout branches and a thick
spreading crown.  Grows rapidly and best in strand habitat.  $1.00/ 10
seeds.

Maytenus tompsonii
 Small tree up to 3 meters with irregular branching that grows in forest
understory or edge.             $1.00/10 seeds.

Calophyllum inophyllum
 Large tree with large ascending limbs and broad crown.  Grows slowly in
strand and savanna habitats or as a cultivated plant.  $1.00/ 4 seeds.

Mammea odorata *
 Tree up to 10 meters with stout trunk and stiff, rigid branches.
Flowers borne on branches  and sometimes the trunk.  Growth is slow.
$1.50/ 4 seeds.

Terminalia catappa *
 Excellent as a cultivated plant that can grow up to 25 meters.
Deciduous and pagoda-like branching. $1.50/4 seeds.

Drypetes dolichocarpa *
 Small many branched tree with hard yellow wood.  $1.50/4 seeds.

Excoecaria agallocha var. orthostichalis *
 Large shrub to small tree in rocky strand and mangrove swamp fringe.
$1.50/4 seeds.

Macaranga thompsonii
 Small to medium tree up to 10 meters with large leaves clustered near
branch tips.  $1.00/5 seeds.

Melanolepis multiglandulosa var. glabrata *
 Small to medium shrubby tree up to 7 meters.  Pioneer plant of
limestone and volcanic soils.              $1.00/ 5 seeds.

Cynometra ramiflora *
 Small to medium tree of limestone and ravine habitats.  $1.50/4 seeds.

Intsia bijuga
 Medium to large tree up to 25 meters on nearly all soil types.  Wood is
dark, dense, heavy and termite resistant.  Highly sought after wood for
most wood-working projects.   $1.50/3 seeds.

Erythrina variegata *
 Large stocky tree with sturdy trunk and branches both of which bear
spiny prickles.  Leaves are shed as flowers develop.  Flowers are
orangish-red and conspicuous.  $1.00/4 seeds.



Sophora tomentosa
 Small tree or shrub to 4 meters with few ascending branches in strand
habitat.  Leaflets are downy silvery gray-green and flowers are yellow.
$1.00/10 seeds.

Xylosma nelsonii *
 Small tree or shrub to 4 meters in coastal areas including cliffs.
$1.00/4 seeds.

Hernandia labyrinthica
  Small to medium tree up to 20 meters with ascending branches and a
broad crown. $1.00/ 4 seeds.

Hernandia sonora
 Large tree up to 20 meters with lantern-like fruit.  Germination may be
irregular and require several months.  $1.00/6 seeds.

Barringtonia asiatica
 Large tree up to 25 meters with stout branching, large leathery leaves
and fragrant showy flowers.  Grows in all soil types.  $1.00/3 seeds.

Hibiscus tiliaceus
 Small to medium tree up to 8 meters with low spreading branches,
heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.  $1.00/5 seeds.

Thespesia populnea
 Medium tree up to 10 meters.  Similar in appearance to Hibiscus.
$1.00/5 seeds.

Aglaia mariannensis
 Small to medium understory tree to 8 meters that produces orange
seeds.  $1.00/6 seeds.

Discocalyx megacarpa *
 Shrub to 2 meters in shaded areas with leaves bunched near branch tips
and red fruits.  $1.00/4 seeds.

Eugenia palumbis
 Shrub up to 3 meters with erect dense branching.  Grows well in all
habitats.  $1.50/10 seeds

Eugenia reinwardtiana
 Small to medium understory tree to 8 meters with orange fruits.
$1.50/5 seeds.

Eugenia thompsonii *
 Small tree to 5 meters with irregular branching dark red/maroon seeds.
$1.00/3 seeds.

Piper guahamense
 Shrub to 3 meters with semi-woody stems, heart-shaped leaves, and
drooping red/orange fruits.     $1.00/10 seeds.

Aidia cochinchinensis *
 Small understory tree with small fragrant white flowers.  $1.00/4
seeds.

Bikkia tetrandra *
 Small erect/sprawling branching shrub on exposed cliff faces with long
tubular white flowers.         $1.00/5 seeds.

Guettarda speciosa
 Small tree to 4 meters with short stout branches, broad leaves, and
small fragrant flowers.  Grows best in strand and forest edge habitats.
$1.00/6 seeds.


Ixora triantha
 Shrub or small understory/edge tree to 3 meters with small fragrant
white flowers and purplish/black fruit. $1.00/4 seeds.

Morinda citrifolia
 Small to medium tree to 10 meters with dark green conspicuous leaves
and fleshy/gelatinous fruits. $1.00/5 seeds.

Psychotria mariana
 Small to medium understory/edge tree to 10 meters with dark green
leaves and small red fruits.      $1.00/4 seeds.

Triphasia trifolia
 Shrub or tree to 6 meters with spines and fragrant flowers, leaves and
fruits.  $1.00/10 seeds.

Allophylus ternatus
 Medium tree to 10 meters with ascending branches and irregular crown.
$1.00/5 seeds.

Cestrum diurnum *
 Shrub from 1-3 meters, many-branched and ascending.  Introduced
species.  $1.00/5 seeds.

Melochia villosissima var. compacta
 Large tree-like edge shrub to 5 meters with spreading branches and
crown and long broad leaves. $1.00/10 seeds.

Elaeocarpus joga
 Large emergent pagoda-like tree to 25 meters with buttressed trunk and
large spreading crown.     $1.50/10 seeds.

Pipturus argenteus *
 Small edge tree to 5 meters with reddish-brown spreading ascending
branches.  $1.00/5 seeds.

Premna obtusifolia *
 Small to medium edge/disturbed habitat tree with ascending branches.
$1.00/10 seeds.

Vitex negundo var. bicolor
 Shrub or small tree with 4-corned erect branches.  $1.00/10 seeds.

Delonix regia
 Medium tree with broad crown and red flowers.  Introduced species.
$1.00/5 seeds.

Ximenia americana *
 Small edge/strand tree with thorny spreading branches.  $1.00/10 seeds.

Vines

Momordica charantia
 Slender climber with orange fruits and red seeds.  All plant parts are
edible.  $1.00/10 seeds.

Freycinetia reineckei *
 Stout climber with clasping aerial roots and dark green stiff linear
leaves.  $1.50/4 seeds.

Abrus precatorius *
 Thin-stemmed woody climber with conspicuous scarlet and black seeds.
$1.00/5 seeds.

Canavalia cathartica
 Prostrate climber to woody liana with broad leaves and pink flowers.
$1.00/5 seeds.

Canavalia rosea
 Weak climber very similar in appearance to other Canavalia.  $1.00/5
seeds.

Derris trifoliata *
 High climbing liana with pinkish-white flowers.  $1.00/4 seeds.

Entada phaseoloides *
 Large high-climbing liana with large conspicuous long seed pod.
$1.50/4 seeds.

Ipomoea littoralis, pes-caprae, macrantha *
 Beach, strand, and wetland vines with showy flowers.  $1.00/10 seeds
each species.

Mucuna gigantea
 Large woody climber with showy flowers.  $1.00/5 seeds.
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