Can the little-known tamanu tree replace palm oil in Indonesia’s biofuel bid?

Mongabay
Feb 9, 2022, 8:35 am404 pts
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Even as a boy, Budi Leksono knew the tamanu tree had many uses. The small, hard fruit of the tree, about the size of a pingpong ball, made for a convenient plaything. Budi used to pick them from the one growing outside his home in Pekalongan — tamanu trees had been planted all along…

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