Myrsine linearifolia

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: Branched shrubs 2.5–8 m tall.

Stems: Branches green to reddish brown, ascending, slender, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, well-distributed on the upper branches or somewhat clustered toward the ends. Blades linear, 5–9 cm long, 0.25–0.4 cm wide. Apex falcate, long-attenuate, and usually slightly hooked. Base attenuate. Surfaces glabrous except margins sparsely ciliate toward base and ± with minute rectangular, glandular hairs on Upper surfaces near the base, inconspicuously punctate, often yellowish purple toward base, slightly fleshy. Margins entire and slightly revolute. Midrib prominent, venation otherwise obscure. Petioles flattened, winged, 1–2 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 1–3 in bracteolate fascicles among the leaves, pedicels 1–4.2 mm long, glabrous to sparsely puberulent. Flowers apparently bisexual (perfect). Calyx 4–5(6)-lobed, usually deeply so, the lobes imbricate or valvate in bud, punctate or with secretory lines, lobes ca. 0.5–1 mm long, glabrous, margins ciliate. Corolla of 4–5(6) petals; petals greenish, the lobes nearly distinct or connate up to ½ their length, imbricate in bud, oblanceolate, ca. 2.2–2.5 mm long, margins ciliate. Anthers 1.6–1.8 mm long, apex glabrous or with a few hairs. Ovary superior, 3–5(6)-carpellate, 1-celled; 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 black at maturity; ellipsoid; ca. 6 mm long. Seeds 1 per fruit; small; dark colored; subglobose; excavated at base.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Diverse mesic forest to wet forest.

Elevation Range: 580–1,280 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 16: 41 (1940)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:943 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On ridge of W facing wall of valley. Transition between wet and mesic forest. With Metrosideros polymorpha, Ilex anomala, Melicope feddei, M. clusifolia. Elaeocarpus bifidus. Astelia argyrocoma, Psychotria sp, Cheirodendron fauriei emerging from Dicranopteris-Diplopterygium ground cover. Preserved_Specimen Tree 5 m tall, 15 cm dbh. Frt purple when ripe. Fls. white. Lvs and fls bunched towards branch apices. Approximately 10 individuals in immediate area and 40 below along length of ridge. Seed accesionaed with NTBG Living Collections. (coll #NT1945) Trauernicht, C. 753 Kauai BISH 2009-02-24
2 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Lower ridge in diverse forest of Metrosideros, Acacia, Canthium, Cyanea, Bidens, Myrsine, and Dicranopteris with rather stunted vegetation on the windward slopes of ridge. Preserved_Specimen Small tree of seven ft. New leaves yellowish-green with maroon midvein and margins near base, below whitish-green; older leaves dark, dull green above, whitish-green below. Ripe fruit black. Flynn, T.W. 3158 Kauai BISH 1988-09-28
3 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Tree, 4 in dia.; branches and branchlets appear tufted owing to clustering of leaves near ends; leaves are pale green above, dark below; fruits green. Stern, W.L. 1253 Kauai BISH 1961-08-01
4 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on sharp crest of ridge, with Elaphaglossum hirta, Camphusia, Pelea, Sadleria, Perrottetia, etc. Preserved_Specimen Linearfiliform leaves. Gillett, G.W. 1548 Kauai BISH 1964-04-11
5 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet, summer mesic forest w/ Polyscias waimeae, P. waialealae, Melicope clusiifolia, M. puberula, Bobea brevipes, Scaevola procera, S. glabra, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Xylosma hawaiiense, Syzygium sandwicensis, Psychotria marinian Preserved_Specimen Tree, 5 m tall, well branched, trunk light brown ca. 12 cm diameter at base, occasional, 5 trees in immediate area, mapped. Wood, K.R. 16044 Kauai BISH 2014-08-21
6 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Tree 8 m x 15 cm. St.John, H. 26045 Kauai BISH 1957-01-01
7 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Windward side. Preserved_Specimen Knudson Kauai BISH 1978-02-18
8 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris transitional mesic to wet forest w/Coprosma waimeae, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Ilex anomala, Melicope clusiifolia, D. microphala, Ghania beecheyl , understaory ferns of Sadle. Preserved_Specimen Tree, 7 m tall, 40 cm diameter vigoriuos spreading tree, in flower and fruit, corolla green-yellow with orange-red secretory streaks, fruit purple-black, occasional in area. Wood, K.R. 16179 Kauai BISH 2014-12-27
9 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron mixed wet forest with dissecting drainages and matting ferns of Diplopterygium and Dicranopteris with Broussaisia arguta, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Touchardia latifolia, Pipturus albidus, P. ruber, Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Antidesma platyphylla, Polyscias oahuensis, Kadua affinis, Melico Preserved_Specimen tree, 3 meters tall, in flower, single plant Wood, K.R. 15747 Kauai BISH 2013-11-25
10 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details East facing slopes below ridgeline between Kapalaoa and Kawaikini Metrosideros polymorpha-Dicranopteris linearis wet forest W/Antidesma platyphylla, Ilex anomala, Polyscias waialeale, Scaevola gaudichaudiana, Bobea brevipes, Psychotria mariniana, Cyanea kahiliensis, weeds: Psidium cattleianum Preserved_Specimen Shrub 3 meter ht with flowers and fruit Perlman, S. 23759 Kauai BISH 2013-11-25
11 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common along stream. Preserved_Specimen Branched shrub ca. 2-2.5 m tall. Wagner, W.L. 6293 Kauai BISH 1989-11-21
12 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet, summer mesic forest with Polyscias waimeae, P. waialealae, Melicope clusiifolia, M. puberula, Hydrangea arguta, Bobea brevipes, Scaevola procera, S. glabra, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Xylosma hawaiiense, Syzygium sandwicensis, P Preserved_Specimen Tree, 10 meters tall, trunk 35 cm. diameter, with flowers yellow-cream and fruit purple-black, single tree seen in immediate area. Wood, K.R. 18865 Kauai BISH 2022-01-11
13 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Lowland Degraded Wet Forrest w/ Dicranopteris, Metrosideros, Pritchardia, Scaevola mollis, S gaudichaudiana, Psychotria mariniana, Kadua affinis, Syzygium sandwicensis, Broussaisia, Labordia hirtella, Cyrtandra, Rubus rosifolius, Macaranga, Tetraplasandra cf. oahuensis, Wikstroemia oahuensis, Antidesma Preserved_Specimen Tree 12 ft tall. Lvs narrow, clustered near apex, abaxial blade light green w/dark green margins and midrib. Blade w/dots. Petiole purple. Fls cream w/diffuse purple. Two tall trees on this slope, ot her tree heavily infected w/mites and waxy pink scles. Tangalin, N. 1899 Kauai BISH 2009-01-22
14 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris transtional mesic to wet forest mixed understory of Coprosma waimeae, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Ilex anomala, Melicope clusiifolia, M. kauaiensis, Pittosporum gayanum, Kadua affinis, Perrottetia sandiwcensis, Myrsine linearifolia, Dubau Preserved_Specimen tree, 4 m tall, trunk gray mottled with white-tan lichen, with seed, mapped Wood, K.R. 15184 Kauai BISH 2012-08-16
15 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in open woods with Solanum sandwicense, Pilea spp., Psychotria spp., Lehua, crowded by blackberries, Scaevola kauaiensis, etc. Preserved_Specimen A tall slender shrub or small tree. Pearsall, G.A. 444 Kauai BISH 1959-07-09
16 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Diverse Mesic Forest W/Metrosidros polymorpha, Acacia koa, Dicranopteris, Myporum, Freycinetia, Zanthoxylum dipetalum, Pisonia, Pouteria sandwicensis, Psychotria mariniana, Diospyros hillebrandii. D. sandwicensis, Pleomel. In Uluhe on NE side of ridge near top. Preserved_Specimen Leaves light white-green below, darker above w/red at base and apex. New leaves yellow-green above and red at base and along leaf margin. Stems red brown bark. Non-fertile. Tangalin, N. 3236 Kauai BISH 2012-07-26
17 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris lowland wet shrubland with small pockets of mixed wet forest below ridgeline with Broussaisia arguta, Melicope feddei, Psychotria mariniana & P. wawrae, Kadua affinis, Antidesma platyphylla, Alyxia stellata, Syzygium sandwicensis, Dubautia laxa Preserved_Specimen tree, 1 m tall, bushy, near camp Wood, K.R. 15233 Kauai BISH 2012-09-21
18 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris montane mesic to wet forest. W/ Broussaisia arguta, Kauda affinis, Melicope spp, Psychotria mariniana, Coprosma waimeae, rich fern undersotry with Asplenium insiticeum, A. polyodon, Athyrium microphyllum, Diplazium sandwichianum Preserved_Specimen tree, 3m tall, in early flower, ca. 10 trees along ridge Wood, K.R. 14365 Kauai BISH 2010-11-17
19 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis wet-mesic forest with Cheirodendron, Syzygium sand wicense, Elaeocarpus blufidus, Nestegis sandwicensis, Xylosma hawaiiense, Rubus argutus, Hedychium garnerianum Preserved_Specimen This tree 5 meter ht with fruit, flower bud. Perlman, S. 23264 Kauai BISH 2013-02-01
20 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Windward slope, in moist situation. Preserved_Specimen Spreading tree. Ht 5 m. MacDaniels, L.H. 898 Kauai BISH 1927-02-26
21 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Windward slope, in moist situation. Preserved_Specimen Spreading tree. Ht 5 m. MacDaniels, L.H. 898 Kauai BISH 1927-02-26
22 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Montane Wet Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris Forest Antidesma, Scaevola, Platydesma, Broussaisia arguta, Kadua, Ilex anomola, Melicope, Antidesma, Kadua affins, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Dubautia, Myrsine wawraea, Bidens, Pipturus, Diplopterygium pinna Preserved_Specimen Population of 17 observed along this section of stream. Healthy. This tree 10 ft. tall along stream, w/ immature but nearly full-size fruit Tangalin, N. 2453 Kauai BISH 2010-12-22
23 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet, forested area. Preserved_Specimen Small tree, about 12 ft. tall, with numerous slender, ascending branches. Foliage pale green; young leaves yellowish-purple. Bark smooth, light-colored. Wood pink. Fruit black. Herbst, D.R. 1043 Kauai BISH 1968-04-12
24 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Edge of degraded Metrosideros forest. Preserved_Specimen Small tree 5 m tall, sterile; leaves appearing chlorotic. Fosberg, F.R. 41462 Kauai BISH 1961-03-11
25 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In native Metrosideros forest. Preserved_Specimen Small tree 12'. Leaves sessile, narrow lanceolate-linear. Flowers axillary; fruits black at maturity. Ishikawa, S. 297 Kauai BISH 1973-08-22
26 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Low, open wet forest with Metrosideros polymorpha (dominant), Antidesma, Syzygium, invaded by Psidium cattleianum. Preserved_Specimen Small tree 4 m tall, with 2 stems 8-10 cm. dia., crown full, dense. Petioles purplish, flowers pink, ripe fruits blackish. Lorence, D.H. 6652 Kauai BISH 1990-12-18
27 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along stream banks, in Metrosideros-Cheirodendron spp. lowland wet forest with Broussaisia, Melicope, Hedyotis, Freycinetia, Pritchardia, Antidesma, Psychotria, Elaphoglossum, Viola helenae, Cyrtandra, Hesperomannia, Dicranopteris. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 5979 Kauai BISH 1987-06-20
28 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tree of 10 ft. Flynn, T.W. 1482 Kauai BISH 1986-01-29
29 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Leaves 2-3 by 1/8 in. Beardsley, J.W. 6 Kauai BISH 1959-08-20
30 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub of seven ft. Ripe fruit Black. Flynn, T.W. 471 Kauai BISH 1983-07-20
31 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Baxter, R.W. 17 Kauai BISH 1939-01-01
32 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 154 Kauai BISH 1969-07-29
33 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 21 Kauai BISH 1978-04-26
34 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3413 Kauai BISH 1960-04-14
35 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 3m shrub. Takeuchi, W.N. 88 Kauai BISH 1983-01-12
36 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Daehler, R. 134 Kauai BISH 1969-06-28
37 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shurb 2.5 m tall. Wagner, W.L. 5008 Kauai BISH 1983-08-28
38 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros transitional montane mesic to wet forest w/ Cheirodendron, Kadua affinis, Nestegis sandwicensis, Chrysodracon aurea, Psychotria mariniana, P. greenwelliae, Planchonella sandwicensis, Santalum pyrularium, Ilex anomala, Syzygium sandwicensis, Preserved_Specimen Tree, 6 m tall, trunk gray-brown, w/ fruit purple black SEED COLL. ACC #20190085; second tree (7 m tall) near kw18046, third tree @ 0439531-2444250 (8 m tall, 45 cm dia. near base), and fourth tree @ 0439521-2444282 (6 m tall), mapped Wood, K.R. 18046 Kauai BISH 2019-01-09
39 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Ono, P. 1156 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
40 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 494 Kauai BISH 1979-09-18
41 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. 1 Kauai BISH 1912-01-01
42 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH 1911-11-01
43 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Plews, J.H.R. Kauai BISH 1986-03-15
44 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Souza, W. Kauai BISH 1978-03-24
45 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 154 Kauai BISH 1969-07-29
46 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open rain-forest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 12596 Kauai BISH 1939-12-03
47 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mixed mesophytic forest of Metrosideros, Syzygium, Ilex, Nestegis, etc. on steep, rocky slopes with open areas covered by ferns Preserved_Specimen Slender tree 5 m tall, ripe fruit dark purple. Lorence, D.H. 5307 Kauai BISH 1987-07-16
48 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Swamp. Preserved_Specimen Low plant; sterile. Plews, E. 81 Kauai BISH 1939-01-01
49 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open Metrosideros mesic forest with adjacent transitional wet forest. W/Kadua affinis, Dicranopteris, Myrsine linearifolia, Scaevola procera, Xylosma hawaiiense, Cyrtandra paludosa, Lysimachia sp, Santalum pyrularium, Dubautia laeviagata, Psychotria mariniana, Coprosma Preserved_Specimen tree, 3.5 m tall, stems mottled gray-white or light brown, some fruit, 4 more trees just below along ridge. Wood, K.R. 14732 Kauai BISH 2011-07-28
50 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dircranopteris wet forest. With Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, Melicope clusiifolia, Ilex anomala, Syzygium sandwicensis, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Dodonaea viscosa, Santalium involutum Preserved_Specimen tree, 4 meters tall, ca. 35 cm. diameter, near gbase, with fruit, Wood, K.R. 15827 Kauai BISH 2014-02-12
51 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet, forested area. Preserved_Specimen Small tree, about 12 ft. tall, with numerous slender, ascending branches. Foliage pale green; young leaves yellowish-purple. Bark smooth, light-colored. Wood pink. Fruit black. Herbst, D.R. 1043 Kauai BISH 1968-04-12
52 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros dominated wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Tree of 12 ft with rounded crown. New growth whitish-green with maroon colouring along margins at base of leaves, becoming yellow-green and finally with age dark, dull green above, dull, grey-green with darker green midvein. Mature fruit black. Flynn, T.W. 3578 Kauai BISH 1989-10-26
53 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Occasional tree with many branches. Young foliage purplish. Fruit deep purple when mature. Herbst, D.R. 2050 Kauai BISH 1971-08-10
54 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open wind-swept shurbland ridges dissected by drainages, and steep bogs. Forest patches of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron interspersed with Psychotria, Coprosma, Myrsine, Broussaisia, Tetraplasandra, Kadua, Melicope, Perrottetia, Ferns of Dicranopteris, Sticherus, Sphenomeris Preserved_Specimen tree, 2.5 m tall, several trees in this area with an addictional 20 where ridge drops into confluence of streams Wood, K.R. 14443 Kauai BISH 2010-12-22
55 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details low statured wet forest, wind swept ridge; Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Machaerina angustifolia, Gahnia beecheyi, Cheirodendron platyphyllum, Psychotria mariniana, Dubautia laxa, Broussaisia arguta, Syzygium sandwicensis, Lobelia kauaiensis, Melicope feddei, Sphenomeris chinensis, Sadleria pallida Preserved_Specimen 2 m tree; stems brown or green brown; mature leaves green, young leaves with purple tinge; buds yellow green Wood, K.R. 2570 Kauai BISH 2006-12-14
56 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet, forested area. Preserved_Specimen Small tree, about 12 ft. tall, with numerous slender, ascending branches. Foliage green; young leaves yellowish-purple. Bark smooth, light-colored. Wood pink. Fruit black. Herbst, D.R. 1043 Kauai BISH 1968-04-12
57 Myrsine linearifolia Hanalei District. Kalalau rim, just west of Puu o Kila. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Diranopteris transitional mesic to wet forest with Coprosma waimeae, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Ilex anomala, Melicope clusifolia, M. kauaiensis, Pittosporum gayanum, Kadua affinis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Myrsine linearifolia, Dubautia laevigata, D. Preserved_Specimen Tree, 5 meters tall, in fruit, uncommon in area. Wood, K.R. 17301 Kauai BISH 2017-03-10
58 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along stream banks, in Metrosideros-Cheirodendron spp. lowland wet forest with Broussaisia, Melicope, Hedyotis, Freycinetia, Pritchardia, Antidesma, Psychotria, Elaphoglossum, Viola helenae, Cyrtandra, Hesperomannia, Dicranopteris. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 5979 Kauai BISH 1987-06-20
59 Myrsine linearifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On North side of ridge. Degraded Diverse Mesic Forest W/ Metrosideros, Ilex, Dodonea viscosa, Pritchardia minor, Dispyros sandwicensis, Cyanea leptostegia, Kalanchoe, Erigeron, Sphaeropteris cooperi, Setaria, Christella, Plantago princeps anomala, Cheirod. Preserved_Specimen 15 ft. tall. New leaves white w/ red at base. Leave white green w/ purple midrib, underside yellow-green w yellow midrib. Seed purple. Stem bark red-brown Tangalin, N. 3456 Kauai BISH 2013-03-19