Atuna racemosa subsp. racemosa

Atuna racemosa subsp. racemosa is a subspecies of Atuna racemosa, a plant species in the family Chrysobalanaceae.
It is a tree of moderate size, widespread over the Indo-Malaysian and South Pacific areas. It is found growing in such places as Papua New Guinea ', Java, Borneo, Truk Islands ' and prolifically on the sea front and in the river valleys of Fiji . This tree once provided the timber for the spars of canoes. The ovoid fruit which this tree bears have been used for medicinal purposes, or as a glue and varnish in food bowl manufacture. Its seeds are a major source of alpha-Parinaric acid, a conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acid with various uses.