The important thing about talking to people about hairy walnut, aka #Endiandra pubens, is to keep a straight face. The second is unless you related to someone who knows how to prepare them, and has done it before and been ok, YOU DONT EAT THEM. Or you gonna make yourself sick.

A flowering branch portion of Endiandra hainanensis Merr. & F.P.Metcalf endemic to China (photo by Bing Liu).

Dispersal across Wallace's Line: A case study in #Endiandra

New #AJB research by Jiayi Song, Deby Arifiani, Jens Rohwer, David Kay Ferguson & Yong Yang

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #phylogenomics #Lauraceae