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Myrsine degeneri

Hosaka (1940)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Primulaceae Genus: Myrsine

kōlea [kolea]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Few to moderately branched small trees 2–3(–4) m tall.

Stems: Branches brown, the young ones green, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades elliptic, (12–)14–24 cm long, 6–9 cm wide. Apex recurved, obtuse, slightly emarginate. Base cuneate, basal margins recurved and subauriculate, at the juncture of the petiole the margin dark purple and perhaps glandular. Surfaces glabrous, purplish punctate, yellowish green and somewhat chlorotic, clustered toward the tips of the branches, coriaceous. Margins entire and slightly revolute. Midrib prominent, yellow, lateral veins ca. 16 pairs, conspicuous, usually ca. 6–10 mm apart, higher order venation reticulate, but less conspicuous than lateral veins, becoming more conspicuous upon drying, submarginal vein present, close to the margin. Petioles 2–6 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 4–10 in bracteolate fascicles arising on short woody knobs below the leaves, pedicels 6–13 mm long. Flowers apparently unisexual (and the plants dioecious). Calyx green, 4–5(6)-lobed, usually deeply so, the lobes imbricate or valvate in bud, punctate or with secretory lines, the lobes ca. 1 mm long, margins whitish ciliate, persistent. Corolla of 4–5(6) petals; petals green, the lobes nearly distinct or connate up to ½ their length, imbricate in bud, oblong–lanceolate, ca. 3.5–4 mm long, usually sparsely glandular puberulent toward the base on the inner surface, margins white ciliate. Anthers ca. 1.7 mm long, apex with a tuft of hairs, those of pistillate flowers sterile; filaments purple. Ovary superior, 3–5(6)-carpellate, 1-celled, sparsely glandular puberulent; ovules few in a single row, ovary reduced and sterile or absent in staminate flowers; style very short or absent, terminal; stigma capitate-angled.

Fruit: Drupes dark purple; ca. 6–8 mm in diameter. Seeds 1 per fruit; small; dark colored; subglobose; excavated at base.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Wet forests.

Elevation Range: 700–855 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 16: 58 (1940)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:937 (O)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Myrsine degeneri Kipapa Gulch, Waipio, ridge wet Preserved_Specimen 3 m tree Fosberg, F.R. 9720 Oahu BISH 1933-08-06
2 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Mts., divide between heads of Kipapa and Uwalu gulches wet wooded slope Preserved_Specimen 10' tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1873 Oahu BISH 1937-05-30
3 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Range, head of Kawainui Gulch On wooded slope Preserved_Specimen 15 ft. tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1911 Oahu BISH 1937-05-31
4 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Range, head of Kawainui Gulch On wooded slope Preserved_Specimen 15 ft. tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1911 Oahu BISH 1937-05-31
5 Myrsine degeneri S ridge, Kipapa Gulch, Koolau Mts wet Preserved_Specimen 15' tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1149 Oahu BISH 1933-08-06
6 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Range, head of Kawainui Gulch On wooded slope Preserved_Specimen 15 ft. tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1911 Oahu BISH 1937-05-31
7 Myrsine degeneri Moanalua along Koolau Summit trail between Kahuauli and Keahiakahoe Mostly native shrubland and stunted wet/cloud forest. Growing with mostly Metrosideros, Kadua, Labordia, Sadleria, Cibotium, Machaerina, and Wikstroemia. Preserved_Specimen Plant intermediate between M. degeneri and M. pukooensis but leans towards degeneri. Thomas, M.K. 191 Oahu BISH 2021-10-20
8 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Mts., Puu Keahiakahoe Pelea, Gouldia Preserved_Specimen 2-3 m tree; leaves coriaceous, dark green Nagata, K.M. 2607 Oahu BISH 1983-02-09
9 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Range, head of Kawainui Gulch On wooded slope Preserved_Specimen 15 ft. tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1911 Oahu BISH 1937-05-31
10 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Mts., Puu Keahiakahoe and top of Haiku stairs Metrosideros rugosa, Cibotium, Phyllostegia grandiflora, Clidemia Preserved_Specimen 6' tree, spreading branches; leaves pale yellow green, leathery Imada, C. 186 Oahu BISH 1986-01-27
11 Myrsine degeneri divide between head of Kawaiki and Kaluanui gulches wet wooded slope Preserved_Specimen 15' tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1898 Oahu BISH 1937-05-30
12 Myrsine degeneri Puu Keahiakahoe to Tripler ridge Pelea, Gouldia Preserved_Specimen 3 m tree Nagata, K.M. 2605 Oahu BISH 1983-02-09
13 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Mts., ridge, head of Kahana Valley wooded slope Preserved_Specimen 10' tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1884 Oahu BISH 1937-05-30
14 Myrsine degeneri Punaluu, mountains Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 473 Oahu BISH 1908-12-24
15 Myrsine degeneri Puu Keahiakahoe, top open rainforest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19670 Oahu BISH 1949-06-19
16 Myrsine degeneri S ridge, Kipapa Gulch, Koolau Mts wooded slope Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 691 Oahu BISH 1932-09-18
17 Myrsine degeneri Koolau Mts., head of Kawainui Gulch wooded slope Preserved_Specimen 10' tree Hosaka, E.Y. 1907 Oahu BISH 1937-05-31
18 Myrsine degeneri Bowman trail, knife edge Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1945-11-04
19 Myrsine degeneri Punaluu, mountains Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 473 Oahu BISH 1908-12-24
20 Myrsine degeneri Poamoho trail, Koolau Mts Preserved_Specimen Bishop, B. Oahu BISH 1962-04-29
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