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Wikstroemia hanalei

Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra

Lavafield False Ohelo

Thymelaeaceae (Mezereum family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: WIHA2

USDA Native Status: HI (N)

"Erect shrubs; stems sparsely branched, internodes up to 9 cm long, glabrous." (bibref:1798).

" In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kauai." (webref: 49). "Last collected in 1916 and apparently now extinct." (webref: 49).

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Margin: Entire
Breeding System: Flowers Bisexual
Inflorescence: Axillary , Terminal
Fruit Type: Drupe
Leaf: "Leaves thin, membranous, elliptic, (11-)15-21(-25) cm long, (4-)5-7(-7.5) cm wide, glabrous, apex acute to acuminate, base acute, petioles 6-10 mm long." (bibref:1798).
Flower: "Flowers perfect, glabrous, peduncles 10-17 mm long, hirsute, often recurved, rachis conical and elongated, 3-20 mm long, glabrous, pedicels 1-2 mm long; calyx tube ca. 10 mm long, outer lobes 3.4-3.8 mm long, inner lobes 2.3-2.7 mm long." (bibref:1798).
Fruit: "Fruit red, ellipsoid, 10-13 mm long, ca. 6 mm in diameter." (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 Kauai. Apparently extinct.
Native Habitat: "Known only from a few collections, ca. 330 m, from Waioli, Moloaa, and near Hoolulu valleys, Hanalei District, northern Kauai. Last collected in 1916 and apparently now extinct." (bibref: 1798).

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

Additional resources

USDA: Find Wikstroemia hanalei in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Wikstroemia hanalei in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Wikstroemia hanalei

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-11-02
Research By: Joseph A. Marcus

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