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Melicope saint-johnii

(E.P.Hume) 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: Slender trees 3–6 m tall, new growth sparsely to densely dull gray to yellowish brown puberulent; branches brown.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite or occasionally ternate on young lateral branches. Blades narrowly to broadly elliptic, sometimes elliptic–obovate or elliptic–ovate, rarely lanceolate, 6–16 cm long, 3–8.5 cm wide. Apex rounded, ± emarginate. Base rounded. Surfaces glabrate to sparsely puberulent along midrib on lower surface. Margins entire, flat or strongly revolute. Primary lateral veins usually 9–12 pairs, paler than surface, connected by an arched vein 1–5 mm from margin, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 11–30 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 3–11 in glabrate, axillary cymes, peduncles 9–22 mm long, pedicels 2–5 mm long, bracteoles lanceolate, caducous, bracts small, opposite. Calyx of 4 sepals; Sepals of staminate flowers broadly ovate, 2–2.5 mm long, glabrate to sparsely puberulent, margins scarious. Sepals of pistillate flowers similar in pubescence to staminate ones, but slightly smaller, ca. 2 mm long, imbricate. Corolla of 4 petals' petals of staminate flowers deltate, 6–8 mm long, densely puberulent externally, glabrous within' petals of pistillate flowers deltate, ca. 4–5 mm long. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, distinct, reduced but always present in functionally pistillate flowers, pistillate flowers Stamens rudimentary, style ca. 1 mm long, petals 4, valvate. 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; staminate flowers style reduced, ca. 1 mm long.

Fruit: Fruit probably green to brown; 18–24 mm wide; of distinct follicles 7–12 mm long; exocarp glabrate; endocarp puberulent. the carpels dehiscing along the upper suture; exocarp. Seeds 1–2 per carpel; ca. 4–5 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: Occurring in diverse mesic forest and wet forest.

Elevation Range: 510–1,220 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 121 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1203 (O [as Pelea saint-johnii]); Hartley & Stone 1989:121 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. saint-johnii)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry wooded gully PRESERVED_SPECIMEN cowan, r.s. collector number: 923 Oahu BISH 3/27/1948
2 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7001 Oahu PTBG 12/14/1997
3 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland wet to mesic forests PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3064 Oahu PTBG 3/3/1994
4 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14055 Oahu PTBG 3/3/1994
5 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 8575 Oahu PTBG 7/8/2000
6 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Obata, J.; Hill, R. 1216 Oahu US 9/12/1991
7 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman, j. obata & r. hill 1216 Oahu US 9/12/1991
8 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pearsall, G. s.n. Oahu US 8/1/1960
9 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener & g. dowson 12938 Oahu US 9/8/1940
10 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 3064 Oahu US 3/3/1994
11 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R. 3064 Oahu US 3/3/1994
12 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. pearsall s.n. Oahu US
13 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On dead tree PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. wilder, g.p.; hume, e.p. collector number: 1576 Hawaii US 2/12/1931
14 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 25593 Oahu BISH
15 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O.; Dowson, G. 12938 Oahu US 9/8/1940
16 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lydgate, j.m. collector number: 18 Kauai BISH 1871-01-08
17 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN russell, p. collector number: 169 Oahu BISH 7/27/1932
18 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2520.O Oahu BISH 1/1/1919
19 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wooded slope. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hume, E.P. 405 Oahu BISH 12/8/1931
20 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Carlquist, S. 2353 Oahu BISH 10/1/1966
21 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Russell, P. 168 Oahu BISH 7/27/1932
22 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sparse 7' shrub growing with Hedyotis #2057 and Lysimachia #2059. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. 2058 Oahu BISH 3/10/1985
23 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Botanically productive pocket of mesic forest; leaning on Saapindus, growing alongside Eugenia reinwardtiana 3255 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. collector number: 3257 Oahu BISH 1/18/1987
24 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pearsall, G.A. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/1/1960
25 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mesic remnant forest, small shrub with Pisonia sandwicensis, Urera, and Psychotria hathewayi. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. paquin, d. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/1/1985
26 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mann, H. 558 Oahu BISH 2/6/1905
27 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sparse 7' shrub growing with Hedyotis #2057 and Lysimachia #2059. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. pyle, l. collector number: 2058 Oahu BISH 3/10/1985
28 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. wilder, g.p.; hume, e.p. collector number: 1591 Oahu BISH 2/12/1931
29 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christophersen, E. 1648 Oahu BISH 3/19/1931
30 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christophersen, E. 1591 Oahu BISH 2/12/1931
31 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Russell, P. 169 Oahu BISH 7/27/1932
32 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN MacDaniels, L.H. 571 Oahu BISH 1/31/1927
33 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN macdaniels, l.h. collector number: 571 Oahu BISH 1/31/1927
34 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wilbur, R.L. 621 Oahu BISH 3/28/1948
35 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cowan, R.S. 923 Oahu BISH 3/27/1948
36 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mesic remnant forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. s.n. Oahu BISH 10/1/1986
37 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On steep slope. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B.C. 3348 Oahu BISH 4/30/1960
38 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. collector number: 1648 Oahu BISH 3/19/1931
39 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lydgate, J.M. 18 Oahu BISH 1871-00-00
40 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open Metrosideros forest on pahoehoe substrate. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wilbur, r.l. collector number: 621 Hawaii BISH 3/28/1948
41 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In rain-forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. wilder, g.p.; hume, e.p. collector number: 1576 Oahu BISH 2/12/1931
42 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland wet to mesic forrests w/ Labordia kaalae, Psychotria hathewayi, Pipturus albidus, Coprosma longifolia, Freycinetia arborea, Chamaesyce multiformis, Dubautia plantaginea, Carex meyenii. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 3064 Oahu BISH 3/3/1994
43 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open clay ridges at summit, forming extensive populations, frequestly pure stands. Abundant! PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. dowson, g. collector number: 12938 Kauai BISH 9/8/1940
44 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In rain forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christophersen, E. 1576 Oahu BISH 2/12/1931
45 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 25593 Oahu BISH 12/11/1955
46 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN carlquist, s. collector number: 2353 Kahoolawe BISH 10/1/1966
47 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN cowan, r.s. collector number: 923 Oahu BISH 3/27/1948
48 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Webster, G.L. 1459 Oahu BISH 3/28/1948
49 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In rain-forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christophersen, E. 1576 Oahu BISH 2/12/1931
50 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 4/12/1958
51 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN webster, g.l. collector number: 1459 Oahu BISH 3/28/1948
52 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pearsall, g.a. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 8/8/1960
53 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On steep slope. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stone, b.c. collector number: 3348 Oahu BISH 4/30/1960
54 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wooded slope. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hume, e.p. collector number: 405 Oahu BISH 12/8/1931
55 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mesic remnant forest, small shrub with Pisonia sandwicensis, Urera, and Psychotria hathewayi. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/1/1985
56 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pearsall, g.a. collector number: 490 Oahu BISH 4/28/1960
57 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pearsall, g.a. collector number: 490 Maui BISH 4/28/1960
58 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed bog, rolling hills of pali in wind swept zone. With Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila and M. p. glaberrima, Dicranopteris linearis, Machaerina angustifolia, Carex spp., Rhynchospora spp., Vaccinium spp., Lobelia villosa, Labordia pumila, Lagenifer PRESERVED_SPECIMEN russell, p. collector number: 168 Kauai BISH 7/27/1932
59 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rain-forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 12938 Oahu BISH 9/8/1940
60 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Webster, G.L. 1459 Oahu BISH 3/28/1948
61 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN webster, g.l. collector number: 1459 Oahu BISH 3/28/1948
62 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mesic remnant forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 10/1/1986
63 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 12139 Oahu BISH 5/12/1936
64 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cowan, R.S. 923 Oahu BISH 3/27/1948
65 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Botanically productive pocket of mesic forest; leaning on Saapindus, growing alongside Eugenia reinwardtiana 3255 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. 3257 Oahu BISH 1/18/1987
66 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland wet to mesic forrests w/ Labordia kaalae, Psychotria hathewayi, Pipturus albidus, Coprosma longifolia, Freycinetia arborea, Chamaesyce multiformis, Dubautia plantaginea, Carex meyenii. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. collector number: 3064 Oahu BISH 3/3/1994
67 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 12139 Oahu BISH 5/12/1936
68 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mann, h. brigham, w.t. collector number: 558 Oahu BISH
69 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pearsall, G.A. 490 Oahu BISH 4/28/1960
70 Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Alien veg./Acacia-Metrosideros lowland mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1216 Oahu PTBG 9/12/1991
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