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 84/ Chinese olive, Canarium album

Pili nut relative, can tolerate a few degrees below freezing. Just got the seeds this summer. Don’t use industrial vice to crack pods, just do wet paper towel in plastic bag method on warm-mat. Leaves get torn up in high winds. Dioecious but will try trunk-fusing 4 seedlings. Nuts are tasty besides the olive. Shares pot with bloody dock. Tolerates extreme heat well. No pests noticed yet.