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Homalomena rubescens

(Roxb.) Kunth (1841)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Alismatales Family: Araceae Genus: Homalomena

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Name Published In: Enum. Pl. 3: 57 (1841)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Homalomena rubescens Kaneohe; Kaneohe: Kokokahi Place Preserved_Specimen Higgins, J.R. Oahu BISH 1950-07-17
2 Homalomena rubescens Captain Cook; Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens; abandoned coffee plantation at one side of Garden In deep shade, nearly choked out by Syngonium. Growing in yard of house. Preserved_Specimen Erect herbaceous plant. Upper side of leaf greenish red; petiole, lower side of leaf, and spathe deep wine-red. Herbst, D.R. 9309 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-11
3 Homalomena rubescens Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Klum Gym Growing at side of building, under the eaves; receiving shade in the morning and full sun in the afternoon. Preserved_Specimen A clump consisting of many corms. The cylindrical corms reach a height of up to 30 cm above the soil surface. The entire plant is suffused with a maroon coloration. Lau, J. 1541 Oahu BISH 1985-10-21
4 Homalomena rubescens Kipapa Gulch; Kipapa. Outside of nursery Dry gulch. Dry eroded slope by road. Preserved_Specimen Not a vine, plant with a stalk. Spathe and peduncle dark crimson, male flowers cream, female dull crimson. Petioles crimson, blades green above and powdery, dull light red below. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1946-01-01
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