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Ochrosia kilaueaensis

H.St.John (1978)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Ochrosia

hōlei [holei]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 15–18 m tall; glabrous with milky sap.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled (3–4 per node). Blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 6–19 cm long, 2.2–6.5 cm wide. Apex acute to obtuse. Base cuneate. Surfaces glabrous. Margins entire. Lateral veins conspicuous especially on lower surface, arising at nearly right angles to the midrib. Most of the secondary veins anastomosing and conspicuous. Petioles 1.5–2 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers usually numerous in open inflorescences.Primary peduncles 4.5–6.3 cm long, secondary ones 1.1–2.5 cm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect); subtended by small, opposite, ovate bracts. pedicels 5–7 mm long. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, the lobes ovate, imbricate; 10–11 mm long. Corolla salverform, 5-lobed, the tube cylindrical, the lobes greenish white to white, oblong–elliptic; tube 7–11 mm long, the lobes 12–15 mm long. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla tube just below the mouth but not exserted. Ovary superior, 2, distinct or basally connate; ovules 2–4 per ovary; style connate in the upper ⅓; stigma bifid.

Fruit: Fruit drupaceous; firm and fleshy; drying hard; usually both ovaries maturing. drupes probably yellowish brown at maturity; smooth; lanceoloid; 4.5–4.9 cm long; 2.4–2.9 cm wide. Seeds 1 per fruit; ovate; strongly flattened.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Known only from mesic forest at Pu‘uwa‘awa‘a; North Kona; and Kīpukapuaulu; Kīlauea.

Elevation Range: ca. 670 m. (Pu‘uwa‘awa‘a) and ca. 1220 m. (Kīpukapuaulu, Hawai‘i)

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Adansonia, n.s., 18: 214 (1978)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:218 (H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 12995 Hawaii BISH 8/8/1917
2 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN skottsberg, c.j.f. collector number: 533 Hawaii BISH 9/16/1922
3 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Skottsberg, C.J.F. 533 Hawaii BISH 9/16/1922
4 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN skottsberg, c. 533 GB 9/16/1922
5 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F. 3928 Hawaii US 6/14/2009
6 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 3928 Maui US 6/14/1909
7 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 12995 Hawaii BISH 8/1/1917
8 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 1022.h Hawaii BISH 7/1/1915
9 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 7/1/1911
10 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 3928 Hawaii BISH 6/14/1909
11 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Giffard, W.M. s.n. Hawaii BISH 8/9/1927
12 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 3928 Hawaii BISH 6/14/1909
13 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN MacDaniels, L.H. 211 Hawaii BISH 11/10/1926
14 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN macdaniels, l.h. collector number: 211 Hawaii BISH 11/10/1926
15 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN giffard, w.m. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 8/9/1927
16 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 1022.H Hawaii BISH 7/1/1915
17 Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 3928 Maui BISH 6/14/1909
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