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Allaeanthus luzonicus

(Blanco) Fern.-Vill. (1880)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Genus: Allaeanthus

alakon, alucon, himbabao

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Molokai Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3, 4(13A): 198 (1880)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Allaeanthus luzonicus East Maui, Makani Rd, Makawao, planted next to street Roadside/residential ornamental. Associated vegetation: Melaleuca quinquenervia, Acacia koa. Preserved_Specimen Tree; sap white; flower stalks long and pendulus. Starr, F. 308141 Maui BISH 2003-08-14
2 Allaeanthus luzonicus Kalaheo Farmer's Market. sold as vegetable Preserved_Specimen Hume, L. 512 Kauai BISH 1990-08-16
3 Allaeanthus luzonicus Lihue, Lawai Preserved_Specimen Tree, dioecious, male flowers in dense catkin like spike. J. Jablonski 106 Kauai BISH 2024-05-21
4 Allaeanthus luzonicus Lihue, by Hale Ko Shopping Center Preserved_Specimen Cultivated tree, about 18 ft. tall. Herbst, D.R. 5948 Kauai BISH 1977-07-17
5 Allaeanthus luzonicus Hanalei District, Limahuli Garden and Preserve, along Highway 56 ca. 1 mile west of Haena Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 m, crown spreading, latex white; deciduous, male catkins pale yellow-green. Lorence, D.H. 7633 Kauai BISH 1995-04-25
6 Allaeanthus luzonicus Puhi Camp, just west of Kauai Community College. From yard of abandoned home-site Preserved_Specimen Trees to 20 ft. Leaves pale green, glossy above, slightly bronzed. Stipules brown, caducous. Flowers white; sepals striped green. Young shoots and inflorescences parboiled and eaten. Flynn, T.W. 1630 Kauai BISH 1986-04-03
7 Allaeanthus luzonicus Honolulu, Kalihi Valley, 50 ft Makai of N School St. bridge, Kalihi Stream, on Diamond head side of the bank Preserved_Specimen Tree 40 ft. tall. Troutwine, J. Oahu BISH 1972-05-19
8 Allaeanthus luzonicus Honolulu, Aala Park, People's Open Market Preserved_Specimen Staples, G.W. 445 Oahu BISH 1989-03-20
9 Allaeanthus luzonicus Honolulu; Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. 620504000 Oahu BISH 1962-05-04
10 Allaeanthus luzonicus Honolulu Preserved_Specimen 14830 Oahu BISH 1967-05-07
11 Allaeanthus luzonicus Honolulu, Cultivated tree along Vineyard Blvd. opposite Queen's Hospital Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5869 Oahu BISH 1976-05-05
12 Allaeanthus luzonicus Kapaa, Kanaele St., near the end Collected as part of KISC 2007 Early Detection Roadside Survey. KISC #2007053 1A014. Preserved_Specimen 10 ft small tree. LVs dark green and dull above and below. Below w/ raised light green venation. Spikes long and hanging, fls yellow. Tangalin, N. 1348 Kauai BISH 2007-05-31
13 Allaeanthus luzonicus Lihue District. Hanamaulu, along Laukona street Several trees in this area cultivated within alien forest, many appearing to be regularly cut down to the base. Preserved_Specimen Tall tree with a sparse crown of leaves; bark smooth, grayish-brown; leaves folded inward slightly; catkins (male) twisted, green. Brock, K. 955 Kauai BISH 2017-03-10
14 Allaeanthus luzonicus W Maui, Lahaina District, Kahana Iki Gulch In gulch betw pineapple fields. Preserved_Specimen Single 8m tall tree; stipules narrowly triangular, caducous; flowers apetalous, males in pendant catkins (females not seen) in leaf axils, 4 stamens, each adnate to inside of one calyx lobe, attached below the apex. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80209 Maui BISH 2002-08-21
15 Allaeanthus luzonicus W Maui, Lahaina District, Kahana Iki Gulch In gulch betw pineapple fields. Preserved_Specimen Single 8m tall tree; stipules narrowly triangular, caducous; flowers apetalous, males in pendant catkins (females not seen) in leaf axils, 4 stamens, each adnate to inside of one calyx lobe, attached below the apex. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80209 Maui BISH 2002-08-21
16 Allaeanthus luzonicus W Maui, Lahaina District, Kahana Iki Gulch In gulch betw pineapple fields. Preserved_Specimen Single 8m tall tree; stipules narrowly triangular, caducous; flowers apetalous, males in pendant catkins (females not seen) in leaf axils, 4 stamens, each adnate to inside of one calyx lobe, attached below the apex. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80209 Maui BISH 2002-08-21
17 Allaeanthus luzonicus Kalaupapa, peninsula, N side of field across from Catholic cemetery at N side of town disturbed alien vegetation with Phoenix, Panicum maximum, Casuarina equisetifolia, Ficus microcarpa. Leucaena leucocephala, Syzygium cumini. Preserved_Specimen 12 m tree; light gray, smooth bark, drooping branches Wysong, M.L. 823 Molokai BISH 2005-12-02
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