It can reach up to 60 cm in shell length. Called scaly, or fluted giant clam, “Tridacna squamosa” is locally called “hagdan-hagdan.” Its shell has large scutes and reaches about 40 cm.

Samples from 1 month to 2 years, youngest fully expanded leaf arising from the primary unbranched shoot was collected. For mature/already flowering trees planted in field, the general sampling ...