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Melicope ovalis

(H.St.John) 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: Trees up to 5 m tall, new growth brownish puberulent, soon glabrate.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades broadly elliptic–ovate or elliptic, 8–16 cm long, 4–10 cm wide. Surfaces glabrous; blades coriaceous, brittle when dry. Margins entire. Primary lateral veins usually 10–12 pairs, connected by an arched vein 7–12 mm from margin, with several meshes of veins intervening, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles stout, 30–40 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 3–7 in glabrous, axillary cymes, peduncles 3–12 mm long. Floral details poorly known, pedicels 10–13 mm long. Calyx unknown. Corolla unknown. Stamens 8. Ovary superior, 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 cuboid to subglobose; ca. 10 mm long; 12–14 mm wide; exocarp and endocarp glabrous. Seeds 1–2 per carpel; ca. 5 mm long.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Wet Forests; on slopes; in gullies; and along streams.

Elevation Range: 670–902 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: 122 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1198 (EM [as Pelea ovalis]); Hartley & Stone 1989:122 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. ovalis)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On slope above central pali stream. Acacia, Chierodendron, Metrosideros, Broussaisia, Perottetia, Coprosma, Kadua, Melicope, Myrsine, Cibotium, Sadleria, Diplazium, Psidium, Clidemia, Hedychium, Elaphoglossum, Sphaeropteris, Rubus, Clermontia, Cyanea, Adenophorus, Peperomia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H71704 Maui BISH 7/26/2017
2 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2670.m Maui BISH 7/5/1920
3 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Metrosideros/Dicranopteris Lowland Wet Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H101407 Maui BISH 10/23/2014
4 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rare along perennial stream. Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Chierodendron, Melicope, Perrottetia, Coprosma, Kadua, Broussaisia, Myrsine, Cibotium, Pipturus, Sadleria, Diplazium, Clidemia, Hedychium, Clermontia, Dubautia, Bidens, Elaphoglossum, Adenophorus, Prunella, Peperomia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H81709 Maui BISH 8/8/2017
5 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing on both sides of shady slopes and small gullies in Wet Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H21105 Maui BISH 2/9/2011
6 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) 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. W/ Rubus hawaiiensis, Perrottetia, Broussaisia, Pipturus, Cyrtandra spahtulata, Kadua affinis, Machaerina angustifolia, Psychotria, Diplazium sandwichianum, Clermontia arborescens, Freycinetia Melico PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 13724 Maui BISH 5/11/2009
7 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Acicia Wet Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H21802 Maui BISH 2/13/2018
8 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On S side of perennial stream. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Acacia, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Perottetia, Coprosma, Melicope, Clermontia, Cyrtandra, Freycinetia, Cyanea, Anoectochilus, Diplazium, Cibotium, Sadleria, Peperomia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H121006 Maui BISH 12/15/2010
9 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2670.m Maui BISH 7/5/1920
10 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Perrottetia, Broussaisia, Melicope, Clermontia, Pipturus, Myrsine, Coprosma, Kadua, Scaevola, Sadleria, Dicranopteris, Psychotria, Cibotium, Athyrium, Diplazium, Dryopteris, Deschampsia, Selaginella, Rubus, Amauropelta, Nothoperanema, Mecodium, Lobelia, Dubautia, Vandenboschia, Peperomia, Carex, Christella, Machaerina, Cyrtandra, Pneumatopteris, Clidemia, Hedychium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H50928 Maui BISH 5/14/2009
11 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information 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 Wood, K.R. 7682 Maui BISH 2/11/1999
12 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) 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. W/ Rubus hawaiiensis, Perrottetia, Broussaisia, Pipturus, Cyrtandra spahtulata, Kadua affinis, Machaerina angustifolia, Psychotria, Diplazium sandwichianum, Clermontia arborescens, Freycinetia Melico PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 13724 Maui BISH 5/11/2009
13 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. l. oppenheimer, c. meston & l. moore h121006 PH 12/15/2010
14 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H50928 Maui PTBG 5/14/2009
15 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros/Dicranopteris lowland wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H101407 Maui PTBG 10/23/2014
16 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Closed Metrosideros polymorpha forest, 70–80% closed canopy, heights ranging between 8 and 15 m. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12575 Maui PTBG 9/25/2007
17 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H81709 Maui PTBG 8/8/2017
18 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) 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 3199 Maui PTBG 5/20/1994
19 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia montane wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7682 Maui PTBG 2/11/1999
20 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) 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 13724 Maui PTBG 5/11/2009
21 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia Wet Forest along perennial stream. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H21801 Maui PTBG 2/13/2018
22 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H21105 Maui PTBG 2/9/2011
23 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H121006 Maui PTBG 12/15/2010
24 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H41329 Maui PTBG 4/23/2013
25 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. 2670.M Maui US 7/5/2020
26 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Welton, P.; Haus, B. 7682 Maui US 2/11/1999
27 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) 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. 13724 Maui US 5/11/2009
28 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, p. welton & b. haus 7682 Maui US 2/11/1999
29 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H. L.; Meston, C.; Moore, L. H121006 Maui US 12/15/2010
30 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 2670.m Maui US 7/5/1920
31 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & a. medeiros 3199 Maui US 5/20/1994
32 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, h. l. oppenheimer, p. welton & b. haus 13724 Maui US 5/11/2009
33 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Single tree found near stream; capsules strongly anise-scented but leafves much less so, even when crushed. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Dicranopteris, Dfiplopteryglum, Broussaisia, Clermontia, Kadua, Coprosma, Pipturus, Cibotium, Sadleria, Labordia, Dryopteris, Diplazium, Asplenium, Isachne, Deschampsia, Pilea, Peperomis, Blechnum, Adiantum, Selaginella, Labordia, Dryopteris, Diplazium, Asplenium, Isachne, Deschampsia, Pilea, Peperomia, Blechnum, Adiantum, Selaginella, Psidium, Clidemia, Tibouchina, Rubus, Axonopus, Sacciolepis, Hedychium, Paspalum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H41329 Maui BISH 4/23/2013
34 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rare. Along perennial stream. Vegetation: Acacia Wet Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H21801 Maui BISH 2/13/2018
35 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information 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 wood, k.r. welton, p.; haus, b. collector number: 7682 Maui BISH 2/11/1999
36 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia, Chierodendron, Metrosideros, Broussaisia, Perottetia, Coprosma, Kadua, Melicope, Myrsine, Cibotium, Sadleria, Diplazium, Psidium, Clidemia, Hedychium, Elaphoglossum, Sphaeropteris, Rubus, Clermontia, Cyanea, Adenophorus, Peperomia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H71705 Maui BISH 7/26/2017
37 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Medeiros, A. 3199 Maui US 5/20/1994
38 Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2670.M Maui BISH 7/5/1920
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