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Melicope balloui

(Rock) 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

alani, alani kuahiwi

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Small trees or shrubs, 4–7 m tall; new growth yellowish brown tomentose and with a waxy scurf, becoming glabrate.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades obovate to elliptic, 5–10 cm long, 3–7 cm wide. Apex emarginate. Base broadly cuneate or rounded. Surfaces puberulent, becoming glabrate except along midrib on lower surface; blades coriaceous. Margins entire. Primary lateral veins ca. 9–14 pairs, connected by a vein 2–3 mm from margin, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 10–26 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 5–9 in yellowish green appressed puberulent, axillary cymes, peduncles 3–16 mm long, pedicels ca. 5 mm long, bracts small, opposite. Flowers functionally unisexual (and the plants monoecious). Calyx of 4 sepals; sepals imbricate, ovate, ca. 3 mm long, densely appressed puberulent, apex acute, petals ca. 4 mm long, densely appressed puberulent, apex acute, both sepals and petals usually persistent in fruit. Corolla of 4 petals, valvate. Staminate flowers unknown. Ovary superior, densely puberulent, 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 25–27 mm wide; carpels connate ca. ¼ their length; 12–13 mm long; exocarp puberulent; endocarp uniformly sparsely puberulent. Seeds 1–2 per carpel; ca. 7 mm long; 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: Known only from wet forest.

Elevation Range: ca. 1,280–1,520 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 121 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1183 (EM [as Pelea balloui]); Hartley & Stone 1989:121 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. balloui)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa- Metrosideros montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14204 Maui PTBG 5/20/1994
2 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with sections of Dicranopteris fernland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 13735 Maui PTBG 5/12/2009
3 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Lau, J. 6712 Maui US 9/18/1997
4 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood, S. P. Perlman & J. Lau 6712 Maui US 9/18/1997
5 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & j. lau 6712 Maui US 9/18/1997
6 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. L. Oppenheimer & K. M. Bustamente H91203 Maui US 9/7/2012
7 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H. L.; Bustamente, K. M. H91203 Maui US 9/7/2012
8 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Oppenheimer, H. L.; Welton, P.; Haus, B. 13735 Maui US 5/12/2009
9 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. mann & w. t. brigham 376 Molokai US
10 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & a. medeiros 3198 Maui US 5/20/1994
11 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Medeiros, A. 3198 Maui US 5/20/1994
12 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. l. oppenheimer & k. m. bustamente h91203 Maui US 9/7/2012
13 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & r. hobdy 7994 Maui US 8/31/1999
14 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Hobdy, R. 7994 Maui US 8/31/1999
15 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F.; von Tempsky, L. 8609 Maui US 10/25/2010
16 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood & R. Hobdy 7994 Maui US 8/31/1999
17 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 981.M Maui BISH 7/30/1919
18 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. s.n. Maui BISH
19 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Coprosma, Broussaisia, Melicope, Myrsine, Leptecophylla, Vaccinium, Kadua, Rubus, Smilax, Diplazium, Sadleria, Dryopteris, Asplenium Elaphoglossum, Adenophorus, Uncinia, Peperomia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H91202 Maui BISH 9/7/2012
20 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock & l. von tempsky 8609 Maui US 10/25/1910
21 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 955.m Maui BISH 7/27/1919
22 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 1154.M Maui BISH 8/15/1919
23 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa, Metrosideros, Dicranopteris linearis, Cheirodendron, Styphelia, Cibotium glaucum, Rubus hawaiensis, Phyllostegia ambigua, Alyxia, Peperomia, Myrsine lessertiana, Platydesma spathulata, Psychotria, Labordia hirtella, Cyrtandra spathulata, Cyrtandra hashimotoi, Rubus argutus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. Perlman, S.; Lau, J. Collector Number: 6712 Maui BISH 9/18/1997
24 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8609 Maui BISH 10/25/1910
25 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa, Metrosideros, Dicranopteris linearis, Cheirodendron, Styphelia, Cibotium glaucum, Rubus hawaiensis, Phyllostegia ambigua, Alyxia, Peperomia, Myrsine lessertiana, Platydesma spathulata, Psychotria, Labordia hirtella, Cyrtandra spathulata, Cyrtandra hashimotoi, Rubus argutus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s.; lau, j. collector number: 6712 Maui BISH 9/18/1997
26 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with sections ofDicranopteris fernland. With Rubus hawailensis, Perrottetia, Broussaisia, Pipturus, Cyrtandra spathulata, kadua affinis, Macaerina augustifolia, Psychotria, Diplazium sandwichianum, Clermontia arborenscens, Freycinetia, Melico PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 13735 Maui BISH 5/12/2009
27 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Coprosma, Broussaisia, Melicope, Myrsine, Leptecophylla, Vaccinium, Kadua, Rubus, Smilax, Diplazium, Sadleria, Phyllostegia, Sicyos, Astelia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H91203 Maui BISH 9/7/2012
28 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa, Metrosideros, Dicranopteris linearis, Cheirodendron, Styphelia, Cibotium glaucum, Rubus hawaiensis, Phyllostegia ambigua, Alyxia, Peperomia, Myrsine lessertiana, Platydesma spathulata, Psychotria, Labordia hirtella, Cyrtandra spathulata, Cyrtandra hashimotoi, Rubus argutus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 6712 Maui BISH 9/18/1997
29 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 749.m Maui BISH 7/1/1919
30 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 751.M Maui BISH 7/1/1919
31 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In rain forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 2368 Maui BISH 6/19/1927
32 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 981.m Maui BISH 7/30/1919
33 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 2362 Maui BISH 6/26/1927
34 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8563 Maui BISH 6/27/1927
35 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Aleurites, Acacia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 751.m Oahu BISH 7/1/1919
36 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 8609 Maui BISH 10/25/1910
37 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 955.M Maui BISH 7/27/1919
38 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 749.M Maui BISH 7/1/1919
39 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mann, h. brigham, w.t. collector number: 376 Maui BISH
40 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mann, H. 376 Maui BISH 2/6/1905
41 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha Montane Wet Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3203 Maui PTBG 5/20/1994
42 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In wet forest. Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Perrottetia, Broussaisia, Melicope, Clermontia, Pipturus, Myrsine, Coprosma, Kadua, Scaevola, Sadleria, Psychotria, Cibotium, Athyrium, Diplazium, Dryopteris, Deschampsia, Carex, Rubus, Nothoperanema, Dubautia, Peperomia, Vandenboschia, Christella, Bidens, Adenophorus, Machaerina, Clidemia, Hedychium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H50919 Maui BISH 5/12/2009
43 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In rain forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 2368 Maui BISH 6/19/1927
44 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 1154.m Maui BISH 8/15/1919
45 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 8563 Oahu BISH 6/27/1927
46 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 2362 Maui BISH 6/26/1927
47 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Metrosideros, Acacia, Cheirodendron, Ilex, Melicope, Myrsine, Leptecophylla, Vaccinium, Rubus, Coprosma, Phyllostegia, Diplazium, Dryopteris, Sadleria, Athyrium, Elaphoglossum, Asplenium, Peperomia, Uncinia, Smilax. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H51205 Maui BISH 5/22/2012
48 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 7994 CBG 8/31/1999
49 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information slightly brackish pond PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, h. l. oppenheimer, p. welton & b. haus 13735 CHRB 5/12/2009
50 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa- Metrosideros polymorpha Montane Wet Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3198 Maui PTBG 5/20/1994
51 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa- Metrosideros polymorpha Montane Wet Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3222 Maui PTBG 5/20/1994
52 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7685 Maui PTBG 2/11/1999
53 Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On E rim of gulch. Vegetation: Metrosideros/Acacia Forest w/Cheirodendron, Melicope, Myrsine, Ilex, Broussaisia, Leptecophylla, Vaccinium, Rubus, Sadleria, Athyrium, Diplazium, Dryopteris, Asplenium, Uncinia, Peperomia, Coprosma, Elaphoglossum, Smilax. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H41102 Maui BISH 4/14/2011
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