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Melicope molokaiensis

(Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (1989)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Melicope

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Sprawling shrubs 2–4 m tall or sometimes small trees up to ca. 7 m tall.

Stems: New growth minutely yellowish brown appressed puberulent, ± ranches glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades broadly elliptic to suborbicular or ovate, rarely obovate–elliptic, 3–12.5 cm long, 2–8 cm wide. Apex rounded, ± emarginate. Base subcordate, subtruncate, or broadly cuneate. Surfaces glabrate, young leaves sparsely minutely puberulent, midrib on lower surfaces sometimes persistently short–hirtellous; coriaceous, brittle with age, 3–12.5 cm long, 2–8 cm wide. Margins ± revolute, margins entire. Primary lateral veins usually 6–9 pairs, connected by a moderately arched vein 2–6 mm from margin, occasionally with a few intervening reticulations, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 5–28 mm long, but at least some of them more than 10 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 3–5(–9) in axillary cymes up to 3 cm long, sparsely minutely puberulent and slightly waxy scurfy, peduncles 5–20 mm long, pedicels 2–8 mm long, bracteoles 1.5– 2 mm long, bracts small, opposite. Calyx of 4 sepals; sepals broadly ovate, ca. 2.5 mm long, ± minutely puberulent and minutely ciliate, imbricate. Corolla of 4 petals; petals, valvate, broadly deltateovate, 4–5 mm long, ca.2.7 mm wide, glabrous. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, distinct, reduced but always present in functionally pistillate flowers. Ovary superior, glabrous; style ca. 1.7 mm long, glabrous, ovary 4-celled and 4-lobed, carpels connate, only slightly distinct at apex to almost entirely distinct; ovules 2 per cell, hemitropous, 1 ascending; style 1, terminating in 4 short stigmatic branches.

Fruit: Capsules 21–39 mm wide; carpels connate ca. ¼ their length; spreading at 180 degrees to one another or slightly reflexed; 10–17 mm long; exocarp and endocarp glabrous. the carpels dehiscing along the upper suture; exocarp. Seeds 6–8 mm long. 1–2 per cell; glossy black when ripe; crustaceous; ovoid; sometimes angled from compression; embryo straight in fleshy endosperm; radicle short; cotyledons compressed; ovate; putamen brown; warty.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range: 760–1270 m, 850–1070 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 121 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1194 (Mo, EM, WM [as Pelea molokaiensis]); Hartley & Stone 1989:121 (COMBNOV, Syn. P molokaiensis = M. molokaiensis)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mesic ohia forest with other native trees and a native shrub, matted-fern understory. Preserved_Specimen Stemmermann, R.L. 3930 Molokai BISH 1979-07-16
2 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details montane wet ohia-olapa forest with ferns common in understory Preserved_Specimen 2-3 m shrub, sprawling; flower fragrant Wysong, M.L. 805 Molokai BISH 2005-11-09
3 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet koa-'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern, native shrub understory. Preserved_Specimen Emergent tree; 16cm Bd; 11m tall. exocarp & endocarp glabrous. Usually w/revolute leaves Warshauer, F.R. 2738 Maui BISH 1980-06-29
4 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sohmer, S.H. 6556 Maui BISH 1970-08-16
5 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Maui BISH 1909-01-01
6 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 411 Molokai BISH 1912-08-01
7 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2647 Maui BISH 1986-12-05
8 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meebold, A. 10548 Maui BISH 1935-01-01
9 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2654 Maui BISH 1986-12-15
10 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 56 Molokai BISH 1912-06-01
11 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 483 Molokai BISH 1912-08-01
12 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 7009 Molokai BISH 1910-04-01
13 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 7009 Molokai BISH 1910-04-01
14 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 169 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
15 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2543 Maui BISH 1920-06-16
16 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sohmer, S.H. 6566 Maui BISH 1970-08-16
17 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 193 Maui BISH 1909-08-01
18 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 316 Molokai BISH 1912-08-01
19 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 483 Molokai BISH 1912-08-01
20 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2653 Maui BISH 1920-06-28
21 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1920-02-01
22 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Molokai BISH
23 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Russ, G.W. BISH
24 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2543 Maui BISH 1920-06-16
25 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8587 Maui BISH 1910-10-18
26 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A. 609 Maui BISH 1990-05-18
27 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1716 Maui BISH 1919-11-26
28 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Molokai BISH
29 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Gulch in montane Metrosideros/native shrubland. Preserved_Specimen Small tree with developing green capsules. Pratt, L.W. 1261 Molokai BISH 1982-05-31
30 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist woods Preserved_Specimen 8 m x 2 dm tree; crushed herbage with strong odor of liquorie St.John, H. 23323 Molokai BISH 1948-02-06
31 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In ravine near road. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Molokai BISH 1983-09-14
32 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dense rain forest Preserved_Specimen leaf margins involute Degener, O. 8565 Maui BISH 1929-06-21
33 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered, sometimes locally common. Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Eucalyptus, Cryptomeria, Psidium, Psychotria, Cinchona, Broussaisia, Hedychium, Cyrtandra, Cibotium, Sphaeropteris, Peperomia, Clidemia, Kadua, Coprosma, Cyanea, Clermontia, Antidesma. Preserved_Specimen Samll lanky trees; fruit with a purple tinge; leaves mildly scented anise when crushed Oppenheimer, H.L. 31603 Maui BISH 2016-03-11
34 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details ohia forest; native trees and shrubs, exotic grass and shrubs Preserved_Specimen 3 m x 8 cm Warshauer, F.R. 3016 Molokai BISH 1980-08-07
35 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Degraded Metrosideros forest now Eucalyptus spp. and Cinchona pubescens with Cyanea maritae, Melicope molokaiensis, Cinchona pubescens, Cestrum nocturnum Preserved_Specimen Small tree 5 meter ht with fruit Perlman, S. 22428 Maui BISH 2011-02-23
36 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treeferns Preserved_Specimen 2 m x 4 cm shrub Warshauer, F.R. 2949 Molokai BISH 1980-08-01
37 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Preserved_Specimen 4cm Bd; 4+m tall Warshauer, F.R. 2596 Maui BISH 1980-06-01
38 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sunny Dicranopteris tangle Preserved_Specimen 20' erect tree; few long, drooping branches Degener, O. 27585 Maui BISH 1961-07-04
39 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry, rocky Preserved_Specimen 6' shrub, semi-erect Hosaka, E.Y. 1732 Maui BISH 1937-01-26
40 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treeferns Preserved_Specimen Stemmermann, R.L. 3889 Molokai BISH 1979-07-11
41 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet montane forest; Metrosideros, Acacia, Dicranopteris linearis, Machaerina angustifolia, Cheirodendron trigynum, Labordia hedyosmifolia, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Wikstroemia oahuensis, Dubautia plantaginea, Hedyotis hillebrandii, Broussaisia arguta Preserved_Specimen 7 m tree; arching branches, brown; corolla red tinge Wood, K.R. 7686 Maui BISH 1999-02-11
42 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details ridge Preserved_Specimen small tree, buds square St.John, H. 10181 Maui BISH 1930-02-05
43 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dubautia linearis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dodonaea, Styphelia Preserved_Specimen small tree, spreading branches Imada, C. 105 Molokai BISH 1985-09-24
44 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Cibotium glaucum, Thelypteris stegnogrammoides, Broussaisia arguta, Psychotria mariniana, Rubus rosifolius, Psidium cattleianum Preserved_Specimen 3 m x 5 cm; 4-7 major stems; stems gray brown, mottled white green; leaves with red-brown nerves Wood, K.R. 6051 Molokai BISH 1997-03-13
45 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet; Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Coprosma ochracea, Melicope molokaiensis, Cyanea solanacea, Peperomia, Cyrtandra grayana, Labordia, Stenogyne, Hedyotis terminalis, Viola, Dicranopteris linearis, Dubautia laxa, Vaccinium, Astelia, Pittosporum, Psychotria Preserved_Specimen 4-6 m tree; flower; fruit Perlman, S. 19375 Molokai BISH 2004-11-09
46 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet forest Preserved_Specimen crushed leaves with faint resinous odor; flower with odor of lemon verbena St.John, H. 12380 Molokai BISH 1932-12-21
47 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along ditch trail. Preserved_Specimen Fruit always reddish. Degener, O. 8555 Maui BISH 1927-07-07
48 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details ohia forest; native trees and shrubs, exotic grass and shrubs Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub; sterile; large leaves; trailing branches Jacobi, J.D. 1537 Molokai BISH 1979-07-14
49 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dodonaea, Metrosideros, Psychotria, Coprosma, Alyxia, Dryopteris, Phyllanthus, Lysimachia, Ochrosia Preserved_Specimen shrub; long limber branches, resting on other vegetation, reaching up to 3 m high Lau, J. 1460 Molokai BISH 1985-09-25
50 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Preserved_Specimen Shrub; 3cm Bd; 1m tall. Higashino, P.K. 9378 Maui BISH 1980-07-14
51 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis wet forest. With Sadleria spp., Pipturus albidus, Cleromontia grandiflora, Dubautia plantaginea, Cyrtandra grayana, Broussaisia arguta, Comprosma foliosa, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Clermontia kakeana, Polyscias oah(truncated labe) Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 meter ht with fruit Perlman, S. 23138 Maui BISH 2012-11-15
52 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Preserved_Specimen 8cm Bd; 4m tall. exocarp & endocarp glabrous. Warshauer, F.R. 2818 Maui BISH 1980-07-14
53 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet forest Preserved_Specimen 7 m x 2 dm tree St.John, H. 23443 Molokai BISH 1948-12-22
54 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Adiantum hispidulum, Athyrium, Remya mauiensis, Asplenium horridum, Lysimachia, Xylosma hawaiense; dry forest Preserved_Specimen to 10' tree, arching branches Gustafson, R. 2070 Maui BISH 1980-12-12
55 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details ohia forest, native trees and shrubs, matted ferns Preserved_Specimen Jacobi, J.D. 1525 Molokai BISH 1979-07-11
56 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vegettion: Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha & var. glaberrima, Cheirodendron trigynum, Melicope clusiifolia, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Cibotium menziesii, Sticherus owhyhensis, Athyrium microphyllum, Astelia menziesiana, Cyanea solanacea, Cyanea solenocalyx, Cyriandra grayana, Smilax melastomifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Anoectochilus sandvicensis, Sadleria pallida, Peperomia Preserved_Specimen Trees to 5m+ tall, leaves brittle, with a mild resinous odor when crushed. About 15 seen in this general region, two fruits observed, one each on 2 trees, one with strongly reflexed carpels. Oppenheimer, H.L. 11509 Molokai BISH 2015-01-27
57 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details stream, open ridge of Dicranopteris Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. 88 Maui BISH 1992-07-13
58 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treeferns Preserved_Specimen 2.5 m x 5 cm tree, much branched Warshauer, F.R. 2948 Molokai BISH 1980-08-02
59 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Deeply carved drainage strewn with boulders, Metrosideros riparian lowland wet forest with Pipturus albidus, Touchardia latifolia, Cheirodendron trigynum, Scaevola chamissoniana, Cyrtandra grayii, Clermontia arborescens & C. pallida, Lobelia hypoleuca, Dryopteris acutidens Preserved_Specimen Tree, 4 m tall, stems dark brown diffuse, leaves clustered at branch tips, crushed leaves moderately fragrant, occasional Wood, K.R. 7053 Molokai BISH 1997-12-29
60 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Sadleria, Peperomia, Vaccinium, Asplenium acuminatum, Dryopteris wallichiana, Hedyotis terminalis, Dubautia laxa, Coprosma, Cibotium, Myrsine, Astelia Preserved_Specimen small trees; new growth yellowish brown appressed puberulent, leaves opposite, coriaceous, both surfaces glabrous, petioles 20-40 mm, flower buds Perlman, S. 18231 Molokai BISH 2002-08-21
61 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details trail to summit, rain forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2373 Maui BISH 1927-08-28
62 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details swampy rain forest Preserved_Specimen 8' shrub St.John, H. 12601 Molokai BISH 1932-12-25
63 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details ohia forest; native trees and shrubs, exotic grass and shrubs Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub; 1 flower; large leaves; trailing branches Jacobi, J.D. 1538 Molokai BISH 1979-07-14
64 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros, Diospyros sandwicensis, Pleomele auwahiensis, Nestegis sandwicensis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Leptecophylla, Acacia koa, Dodonaea viscosa, Carex meyenii, Chamaesyce multiformis, Sida fallax, Wikstroemia oahuensis, Lantana camara, Erigeron karvinskianus, Melinis minutiflora, Ageratina adenophora, Opuntia Preserved_Specimen small trees; new growth yellowish brown, puberulent; leaves opposite, coriaceous, glabrous; petioles 20-40 mm Perlman, S. 20457 Maui BISH 2007-06-25
65 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with koa, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Psychotria hawaiiensis, Broussaisia arguta, Hedyotis acuminata Preserved_Specimen up to 4 m tree, open and spindly Wagner, W.L. 5908 Maui BISH 1988-03-09
66 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along ditch trail. Preserved_Specimen Fruit always reddish. Degener, O. 8555 Maui BISH 1927-07-07
67 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Dodonaea-Styphelia lowland mesic shrubland with Vaccinum, Psychotria, Diospyros, Sophora chrysophyla, Neraudia sericea, Lipochaeta rockii, Bidens menziesii, Myoporum, Wikstroemia, Metrosideros, Pleomele, Pittosporum, Chamaesyce, Lysimachia, Viola, Pipturus, Scaevola, Urera glabra, Lantana, Melinis minutiflora, Schiedea. Preserved_Specimen With fruit. Perlman, S. 6661 Molokai BISH 1987-10-23
68 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details mesic; Styphelia, Dodonaea, Metrosideros, Coprosma foliosa, Myrsine lanaiensis, Nestegis sandwicensis, Pittosporum glabrum, Pleomele auwahiensis, Microlepia strigosa, Dicranopteris linearis, Carex meyenii, C. wahuensis, Morelotia gahniiformis, Trisetum inaequale, Alyxia oliviformis, Smilax melastomifolia Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub; branches diffuse, leaves dark green Wood, K.R. 11582 Maui BISH 2005-10-12
69 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occasional in open scrub on the east side of the gulch. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 3021 Maui BISH 1973-05-24
70 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vegetation: Merosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha & var. glaberrima, Cheirodendron trigynum. Melicope clusiifolia, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Cibotium menziesii, Sticherus owyhensis, Athyrium microphyllum, Astelia menziesiana, Cyanea solenocalyx, Cyrtandra grayana, Smilax melastomifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Anoectochilus sandvicensis, Sadleria palida, Peperomia Preserved_Specimen Trees to 5 m+ tall, leaves brittle, with a mild resinous odor when crushed. About 15 seen in this general region, two fruits observed, one each on 2 trees, only one with strongly reflexed capels. Oppenheimer, H.L. 11537 Molokai BISH 2015-01-29
71 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet forest Preserved_Specimen 5 m shrub St.John, H. 23464 Molokai BISH 1948-12-22
72 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details ohia forest; native trees and shrubs, exotic grass and shrubs Preserved_Specimen 3 m x 7 cm tree; 2 flowers Jacobi, J.D. 1563 Molokai BISH 1979-07-20
73 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with koa, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Psychotria hawaiiensis, Broussaisia arguta, Hedyotis acuminata Preserved_Specimen up to 4 m tree, open and spindly Wagner, W.L. 5907 Maui BISH 1988-03-09
74 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details lama, ohia Preserved_Specimen Kepler, A.K. 3 Molokai BISH 1981-03-31
75 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details woods Preserved_Specimen 4 m fastigiate shrub, leaves coriaceous, flower greenish St.John, H. 19853 Molokai BISH 1938-12-28
76 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treeferns Preserved_Specimen 4.3 m x 12 cm tree Warshauer, F.R. 2981 Molokai BISH 1980-08-05
77 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details in Acacia koa/Metrosideros polymorpha rain forest. Fruit green and purple. Preserved_Specimen Small tree 3 m tall Cuddihy, L.W. 2043 Maui BISH 1987-01-12
78 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry; Diospyros, Pouteria, Canthium, Nestegis, Pleomele Preserved_Specimen 4 m tree, crushed foliage with faint odor, costa reddish brown beneath; flower in bud; fruit green Lorence, D.H. 5664 Molokai BISH 1987-10-23
79 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet koa-'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern, native shrub understory. Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 9419 Maui BISH 1980-07-22
80 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet forest Preserved_Specimen 15' tree St.John, H. 12377 Molokai BISH 1932-12-21
81 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details swampy rain forest Preserved_Specimen shrub St.John, H. 12597 Molokai BISH 1932-12-25
82 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dodonaea, Styphelia, Myrsine, Pleomele, Chamaesyce, Metrosideros, Diospyros, Alyxia Preserved_Specimen 3 m shrub, 3 m wide, sprawling; lax branches intertangled with other vegetation Lau, J. 1450 Molokai BISH 1985-09-24
83 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dense lower woods, with Ochrosia sandwicensis Preserved_Specimen Small tree or shrub with long rambling branches; leaves pale green; capsules purplish spotted. Rock, J.F.C. 8597 Maui BISH 1910-10-18
84 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet; Metrosideros, Cheirodendron Preserved_Specimen 3 m tree; diffuse gray brown stems Wood, K.R. 11239 Molokai BISH 2005-04-26
85 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treeferns Preserved_Specimen 2 m x 3 cm; 1 bud Jacobi, J.D. 1546 Molokai BISH 1979-07-15
86 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treeferns Preserved_Specimen fruit Stemmermann, R.L. 3871 Molokai BISH 1979-07-11
87 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details trail Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2581 Maui BISH 1920-06-23
88 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along ditch trail. Preserved_Specimen Fruit always reddish. Degener, O. 8555 Maui BISH 1927-07-07
89 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details under Metrosideros, Cheirodendron Preserved_Specimen 15' tree; fruit brown; leaf mid-ribs red Cuddihy, L.W. 1234 Molokai BISH 1982-05-29
90 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Remnant koa-ohia forest, edge of large Eucalyptus plantings. Preserved_Specimen Small, lanky trees. Oppenheimer, H.L. 30720 Maui BISH 2007-03-26
91 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dense lower woods, with Ochrosia sandwicensis Preserved_Specimen Small tree or shrub with long rambling branches; leaves pale green; capsules purplish spotted. Rock, J.F.C. 8597 Maui BISH 1910-10-18
92 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sprawinling shrub in gulch understory. Hobdy, R.W. 3879 Maui BISH 1995-09-16
93 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Small erect trees 4-6m with horizontal branches. Hobdy, R.W. 2646 Maui BISH 1986-12-05
94 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 4 m, branches ~erect Lamoureux, C.H. 3936 Maui BISH 1967-08-07
95 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Growing on boggy soil. Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 9377 Maui BISH 1980-07-14
96 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 148 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
97 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 193 Maui BISH 1909-08-01
98 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8597 Maui BISH 1910-10-18
99 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 411 Molokai BISH 1912-08-01
100 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8559 Maui BISH 1927-06-26
101 Melicope molokaiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 16033 Molokai BISH 1918-04-01
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