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Ochrosia haleakalae

H.St.John (1978)

This name is accepted

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

hōlei [holei]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 2–8 m tall; glabrous with milky sap.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled (3–4 per node). Blades elliptic to oblanceolate, blades (3.5–)6–15(–19) cm long, (1.3–)2.5–4.6(–6) cm wide. Apex acute to rounded, rarely retuse. 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 0.8–2.56 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in relatively open inflorescences. Flowers subtended by small, opposite, ovate bracts. Primary peduncles 2.3–4 cm long, secondary ones 0.6–2(–3) cm long, pedicels 0–5 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), usually numerous. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, the lobes ovate, imbricate; 3–4 mm long. Corolla salverform, 5-lobed, the tube cylindrical, the lobes greenish white to white, oblong–elliptic; tube 10–11 mm long, the lobes 7–11 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 yellow or plum–colored streaked with brown; robust; ovoid to lanceoloid–ellipsoid; often with irregular ridges at maturity due to differential thickening of the exocarp; (3.8–)5–6 cm long; (2.3–)2.8–3.6 cm wide. Seeds 1 per fruit; ovate; strongly flattened.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Scattered in dry to mesic forest; often on lava.

Elevation Range: 700–1,200 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Ethnobotanical Images

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Adansonia, n.s., 18: 204 (1978)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:218 (EM, H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mann, H.; Brigham, W. T. 447 US 8/18/2020
2 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Bennett, T. 366 Maui BISH 3/27/1982
3 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F. R. 55446 Maui US 4/14/1974
4 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed open dry forest over aa lava with pockets of rich soil. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7668 Maui PTBG 2/8/1999
5 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed open dry forest over aa lava with pockets of rich soil. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7668 Maui PTBG 2/8/1999
6 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tomich, P. Q. 1012 Hawaii US 6/14/1984
7 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & j. lau 17658 Kauai US 8/22/2001
8 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN p. tomich 1012 Hawaii US 6/14/1984
9 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN f. r. fosberg 55446 Kauai US 4/14/1974
10 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman & J. Lau 17658 Molokai US 8/22/2001
11 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. c. munro s.n. Maui US 2/12/1915
12 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mann, h. brigham, w.t. Maui BISH
13 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 155 Maui BISH 2/12/1915
14 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2521 M Maui BISH 6/14/1920
15 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. Molokai BISH 2/12/1915
16 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Warshauer, F.R. s.n. Hawaii BISH 7/2/1975
17 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tomich, p.q. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 2/18/1984
18 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tomich, p.q. collector number: 988 Hawaii BISH 5/1/1977
19 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. s.n. Maui BISH 10/7/1984
20 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2117 M Maui BISH 3/27/1920
21 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2521 M Maui BISH 6/14/1920
22 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. collector number: hawaii_15d Hawaii BISH 5/12/1984
23 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry; with grass, native shrub and trees, exotic shrobs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN higashino, p.k. holt, r.a. collector number: 9273q Maui BISH 6/24/1980
24 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Camara, B. s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/1/1984
25 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN warshauer, f.r. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 10/18/1974
26 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry woods near top of hill. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 1970 Hawaii BISH 3/15/1920
27 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on aa lava, with Pennisetum clandestinum; dry open forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 707 Maui BISH 11/11/1967
28 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tomich, P.Q. s.n. Hawaii BISH 2/18/1984
29 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mann, H. s.n. Maui BISH 2/6/1905
30 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on rough aa lava PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 55446 Maui BISH 4/14/1974
31 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 155 Maui BISH 2/12/1915
32 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic Forest dominated by invasive species such as Fraxinus, Cinchona, Eucalyptus, Psidium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: h100502 Maui BISH 10/8/2005
33 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 55446 Maui BISH 4/14/1974
34 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry; with grass, native shrub and trees, exotic shrobs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Higashino, P.K. 9273q Maui BISH 6/24/1980
35 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN camara, b. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/1/1984
36 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2521 m Kauai BISH 6/14/1920
37 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lamoureux, c.h. collector number: 2507 Hawaii BISH 11/26/1963
38 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dryish grassy ridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. rock 8615 MIN 8/10/1910
39 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Primary Diospyros and Pleomele open forest, dry to mesic. Sadly degraded by cattle. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 265 Maui PTBG 3/23/1990
40 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Degraded Metrosideros-Pisonia forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 15201 Hawaii PTBG 12/15/1995
41 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G. C. s.n. Maui US 1915-00-00
42 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Lau, J. 17658 Molokai US 8/22/2001
43 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN f. r. fosberg 41510a US 3/14/1961
44 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F. 8615 US 3/24/1905
45 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F. R. 41510a US 3/14/1961
46 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lagoon at Halape PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. lamoureux, c.h.; bishop, l. collector number: 707 Hawaii BISH 11/11/1967
47 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry; with grass, native shrub and trees, exotic shrobs; on aa clinker PRESERVED_SPECIMEN higashino, p.k. holt, r.a. collector number: 9259 Maui BISH 6/24/1980
48 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on stream banks, .5-.75 miles upstream from sea cliffs, in Degraded Metrosideros-Pisonia forest with Aleurites moluccana, Pipturus, Boehmeria, Cyrtandra cf. menziesii, Hedyotis acuminata, Psychotria hawaiiensis, Freycinetia, Rubus rosifolius, Antidesma, Xylosma, Charpentiera, Psidium cattleianum, Coix, Cordyline, Ageratina riparia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 15201 Hawaii BISH 12/15/1995
49 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8615 Maui BISH 10/10/1910
50 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rare in dry open schlerophyllous forest on a'a lava flow. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 41510a Maui BISH 3/14/1961
51 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. collector number: hawaii_15a Hawaii BISH 5/12/1984
52 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tomich, p.q. collector number: 960 Hawaii BISH 11/23/1975
53 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 1970 Maui BISH 3/15/1920
54 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic Forest dominated by invasive species such as Fraxinus, Cinchona, Eucalyptus, Psidium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H100502 Maui BISH 10/8/2005
55 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Medeiros, A.C. 563b Maui BISH 10/4/1983
56 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. Hawaii_15a Hawaii BISH 5/12/1984
57 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mann, h. brigham, w.t. collector number: 447 Maui BISH
58 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hillebrand, w.b. lydgate, j.m. Maui BISH
59 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 1970 Maui BISH 3/15/1920
60 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN medeiros, a.c. collector number: 564a Maui BISH 10/4/1983
61 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information rain forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 41510a Oahu BISH 3/14/1961
62 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Warshauer, F.R. s.n. Hawaii BISH 10/18/1974
63 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Remnant dry forest with more than a score of native trees on less than fifty acres. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Sohmer, S.H. 6599 Maui BISH 8/20/1970
64 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tomich, P.Q. 988 Hawaii BISH 5/1/1977
65 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Medeiros, A.C. 199 Maui BISH 12/18/1981
66 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. Hawaii_15d Hawaii BISH 5/12/1984
67 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2521 m Maui BISH 6/14/1920
68 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 8682 Maui BISH 11/1/1910
69 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tomich, P.Q. 1012 Hawaii BISH 6/14/1984
70 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry; with grass, native shrub and trees, exotic shrobs; on aa clinker PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Higashino, P.K. 9259 Maui BISH 6/24/1980
71 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information remnant dryland sclerophyll forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wagner, w.l. et al. collector number: 5465 Maui BISH 10/7/1984
72 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 8615 Maui BISH 10/10/1910
73 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 384 Maui BISH 2/12/1915
74 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on stream banks, .5-.75 miles upstream from sea cliffs, in Degraded Metrosideros-Pisonia forest with Aleurites moluccana, Pipturus, Boehmeria, Cyrtandra cf. menziesii, Hedyotis acuminata, Psychotria hawaiiensis, Freycinetia, Rubus rosifolius, Antidesma, Xylosma, Charpentiera, Psidium cattleianum, Coix, Cordyline, Ageratina riparia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 15201 Hawaii BISH 12/15/1995
75 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information remnant dryland sclerophyll forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. 5465 Maui BISH 10/7/1984
76 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. s.n. Maui BISH 2/12/1915
77 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2117 m Maui BISH 3/27/1920
78 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8682 Maui BISH 11/1/1910
79 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mann, H. 447 Maui BISH 2/6/1905
80 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lamoureux, C.H. 2507 Hawaii BISH 11/26/1963
81 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hillebrand, W.B. s.n. Maui BISH
82 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Medeiros, A.C. 564a Maui BISH 10/4/1983
83 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tomich, P.Q. 988 Hawaii BISH 5/1/1977
84 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN medeiros, a.c. collector number: 563a Maui BISH 10/4/1983
85 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8615 Oahu BISH 10/10/1910
86 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Remnant dry forest with more than a score of native trees on less than fifty acres. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN sohmer, s.h. collector number: 6599 Maui BISH 8/20/1970
87 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information mountains PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wagner, w.l. et al. Oahu BISH 10/7/1984
88 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Large colony on uluhe covered slopes. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tomich, p.q. collector number: 988 Oahu BISH 5/1/1977
89 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN warshauer, f.r. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 7/2/1975
90 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tomich, p.q. collector number: 1012 Hawaii BISH 6/14/1984
91 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. mann & w. t. brigham 447 CHRB
92 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 227 Maui PTBG 1/4/1979
93 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wayne Takeuchi Hawaii_15b Hawaii PTBG 5/5/1984
94 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN bennett, t. collector number: 366 Oahu BISH 3/27/1982
95 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hillebrand, w.b. lydgate, j.m. Maui BISH
96 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN medeiros, a.c. collector number: 199 Maui BISH 12/18/1981
97 Ochrosia haleakalae Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hillebrand, W.B. s.n. Maui BISH
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