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Colubrina arborescens

(Mill.) Sarg. (1911)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Colubrina

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Description

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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

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Trees & Shrubs 2: 167 (1911)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Colubrina arborescens Koloa District: National Tropical Botanical Garden, road below Headquarters into Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, just below viewpoint area. Secondary scrub vegetation. Syzgium cumini, Schinus terebinthifolius, Leucaena leucocephala. Preserved_Specimen Small slender tree 3.5 m high, leaves bright green above, paler beneath, twigs, veins beneath, and new growth rufous pubescent. Capsules brown-black, seeds shiny black. Lorence, D.H. 10980 Kauai BISH 2023-04-17
2 Colubrina arborescens Koloa District: Lawai Valley.National Tropical Botanical Garden Big valley. Preserved_Specimen Trees of 15 ft., leaves dark glossy green above with pale green veination, below dull pale green with raised veins and rusty tomemtum; fruit ripening black, seeds glossy dark brown. Flynn, T.W. 5479 Kauai BISH 1993-12-20
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