Massive leaf tree ID ?

[FNQ Marcus]

Found this tree on Tetepare Island in the Solomons a couple of years ago, and not knowing what it is has been bugging me.

I keep thinking Terminalia..........

Any ideas?

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

It looks like Terminalia but about 10 times bigger than I've ever seen.

Any flower, fruit or branch structure pics?

[fastfeat]

Is that a branch or the whole tree? The only specimen, or was it found commonly?

A quick Google scan of Solomon Terminalia species didn't reveal anything with leaves that big, but I wasn't very thorough.

Lack of sympodial branching (at least in that pic) doesn't suggest Terminalia to me.

[carver]

Passiflora macrophylla, that's a big leaf, very nice.

[FNQ Marcus]

Here is a pic of as much of the tree I could photograph in the rainforest (It's never an easy thing to do).

Carver - When I first read your post I thought you were joking. Passiflora are vines after all. But I have to agree. After a quick search it does look like it. Only problem is that P. macrophylla is from central America not Solomons. So how did it get there? and Darn it! if that's what it is then it's a weed.

[fastfeat]

Barry Stock thought it may be Terminalia kaernbachii.

Looking at the full tree, still w/o the branching I'd expect, I can't say I'm positive it's a Terminalia though.

[BigFrond]

Huge! This would be a nice tree to have.

[Stevetoad]

Passiflora macrophylla, that's a big leaf, very nice.

I thought you were joking too! Never knew passiflora was anything more than a vine. That's a cool plant. Do they produce edible fruit?

[carver]

Ran across a pic of it on google trying to I.d. another passiflora. Apparently there are a few tree like species, not sure if any are from the Solomons though.

It certainly wouldn't be the first passiflora to escape cultivation, that's for sure, but doubtful considering the locale.

[epiphyte]

Ficus salomonensis?