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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Margin: Entire
Breeding System: Flowers Unisexual
Inflorescence: Axillary , Terminal
Fruit Type: Drupe
Size Notes: Up to about 1.5 meters tall.
Leaf: "Leaves dark green on upper surface, lower surface lighter, coriaceous, ovate to ovate-elliptic, 4-10 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, glabrous, apex acute to rounded, base rounded or truncate to subcordate, basal lobes sometimes overlapping, petioles 4-10 mm long." (bibref: 1798).
Flower: "Flowers unisexual, yellowish green, glabrous or with scattered hairs, peduncles 1-2 mm long, glabrous or with scattered hairs, rachis simple or forked, usually elongating up to 30 mm long in fruit, glabrous or with scattered hairs, pedicels 1.2-5 mm long; calyx tube of staminate flowers 7-8.5 mm long, outer lobes 2-2.8 mm long, 2-2.7 mm wide, inner lobes 1.5-2 mm long, 1.7-2 mm wide; calyx tube of pistillate flowers 4.5-6.5 mm long, outer lobes 1.5-3 mm long, 1.2-3 mm wide, inner lobes 1-2 mm long, 1.2-2 mm wide." (bibref: 1798).
Fruit: "Fruit red to orangish red, elliptic, ca. 14 mm long, ca. 5 mm in diameter (immature)." (bibref: 1798).

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Yellow , Green
Bloom Time: Jan , Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov , Dec

Distribution

USA: HI
Native Distribution: Endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
Native Habitat: "Occurring in wet forest, 760-1,150 m, eastern Molokai." (webref: 1798).

Growing Conditions

Water Use: High
Light Requirement: Part Shade , Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist , Wet

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:							FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

Bibliography

Bibref 1798 - Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Revised Edition (1999) Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.

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Web Reference

Webref 49 - Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (2020) Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Webref 47 - Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database (2020) Bishop Museum
Webref 31 - Native Plants Hawai’i (2018) University of Hawaii
Webref 28 - NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life (2018) NatureServe

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