The Domestication of Fruit and Nut Tree Species in Vanuatu, Oceania - Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: Domestication, Utilization and Commercialization - page 122

Fig. 7.1. Map of the Vanuatu archipelago.
7.2.2 Protected species
These species are not truly cultivated but are gathered in abundance and eaten
regularly. This is the case for the fruits collected from Bruguiera gymnorrhiza ,
Burckella fijiensis , B. obovata , Dracontomelon spp., Ficus scabra , Pandanus
spp., Pometia pinnata and Syzygium clusiifolium and the nuts collected from
Gnetum costatum and G. latifolium . They are often represented by important
groves established by currents on the shore close to villages. They reproduce
well spontaneously and provide abundant fruits and nuts that are eaten
regularly. Villagers, however, can collect seedlings and attempt to establish