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Freycinetia arborea

Gaudich. (1829)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Pandanales Family: Pandanaceae Genus: Freycinetia

‘ie [ie], ‘ie‘ie [ieie]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Woody climbers (ascending trees or rocks, or sometimes sprawling on the ground).

Stems: Stems up to ca. 2.5 cm in diameter, stems conspicuously ringed by persistent leaf scars.

Roots: With clasping, often flattened, sometimes long and wiry adventitious roots that wrap around whatever the plant is climbing on.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, spiraled 3-ranked, clustered toward the branch ends. Blades linear lanceolate, usually 40–80 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, midrib near apex. Apex gradually attenuate. Base sheathing, auricles usually pale green, narrow, tapered, up to 11 cm long, but usually shorter, abraded or caducous. Surfaces glabrous, coriaceous. Margins just beyond auricles usually minutely serrulate with prickles 0.2–0.6 mm long. Parallel, longitudinal veins numerous, connected by perpendicular commissures to form a reticulate pattern. Sheathing on the stem. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescences terminal, outer bracts green with salmon–orange base, intermediate bracts dark salmon–pink, tinged orange, fleshy, ovate–navicular, at apex the margins and dorsal costa minutely spinulose, inner bracts pink, the innermost thick, almost linear. Pistillate spadices usually 3(4) in clusters, on stout, smooth, trigonous peduncles 3–4 cm long. Fruiting spadices oblong-cylindrical, 7.5–9.5(–15) cm long, 1–3.2 cm in diameter. Flowers unisexual (plants dioecious). Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla (petals) absent. Staminate spadices 3(4) in clusters, yellowish white, on slender, smooth peduncles up to 5 cm long, but usually shorter, the spikes ca. 10 cm long, consisting of numerous densely crowded stamens; filaments pale orange or buff, up to 15 mm long; anthers blunt–oblong, ca. 0.8 mm long, pistillodia present but usually microscopic. Pollen psilate. Ovary superior; stigmas (4)5–10 (–12) or sometimes more, usually in 2 evident rows, black, staminodia occasionally present.

Fruit: Berries ripening red; compressed; oblong; up to 10 mm long. Seeds ellipsoid up to 1.5 mm long; ca. 0.5 mm wide.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Fairly common; occurring primarily in mesic to wet forest; often on exposed ridges and slopes; the stems creeping and rooting or ascending on tree trunks.

Elevation Range: 300–1,500 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • For the treatment of ‘ea and pa‘ao‘ao. Part of plant near leaf bud is combined , kukui flowers (Aleurites moluccana), ‘ōhi‘a ‘ai bark (Syzygium malaccense), ‘ala‘ala wai nui pehu stems (Peperomia spp.), root bark from ‘uhaloa (Waltheria indica), and kōkea (white sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum).‘Ie‘ie leaf buds are also combined with clays, ‘ala‘ala wai nui pohina (Plectranthus parviflorus), and kukui bark. To bring on sleep when there is pain/burning/swelling of the chest, leaves and leaf buds of the ‘ie‘ie and ‘ape ke‘oke‘o leaves (Alocasia macrorrhizos and/or Xanthosoma robustum) are placed in the sleeping area, and slept on by the patient (Chun 1994:96–98).

  • Offering at hula altars (kuahu) for Lauka‘ie‘ie (Emerson 1909:19; Pukui 1942). Used in basketmaking (Abbott 1992:105); roots used to make low circular fish traps ; roots used for framework of helmets and feather capes, where feathers were attached (Krauss 1993:76) ; leaves/roots used to make handle of ‘uli‘uli (single-gourd/coconut rattle) (Krauss 1993:81).

CULTURE

  • E ‘imi wale no i ka lua o ka ‘uwa‘u ‘a‘ole e loa‘a. Seek as you will the burrow of the ‘uwa‘u, it cannot be found. A boast of one's skill in lua fighting, of the depth of one's knowledge, or of a skill that isn't easily aquired. A play on lua, a burrow, a pit, or an art of fighting. The burrow of the ‘uwa‘u bird is often deep. Birdcatchers inserted a piece of the aerial root of the ‘ie‘ie, gummed at one end, to catch the fledglings.

Natural History

Statewide Status

Indigenous

Island Status

Kaua'i Indigenous
O'ahu Indigenous
Molokai Indigenous
Lana'i Indigenous
Maui Indigenous
Hawai'i Indigenous

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Voy. Uranie: 431 (1829)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1478 (K, O, Mo, L, M, H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Freycinetia arborea Hulopoe Gulch Fog-swept jungle. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 28570 Lanai BISH 1963-08-01
2 Freycinetia arborea Kipapa Gulch S ridge of lower woods Preserved_Specimen Tree 15 feet high. Nakata, S. 6 Oahu BISH 1945-09-30
3 Freycinetia arborea Honolulu; Nuuanu Valley Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 168 Oahu BISH 1927-01-01
4 Freycinetia arborea Halepuaa Forest Reserve in the Puna District Plant found in the Metrosideros forests and is common within the reserve. Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 79.243 Hawaii BISH 1979-03-29
5 Freycinetia arborea Kipahulu Valley, W part of valley Preserved_Specimen Vine; bracts orange. Abundant. Lamoureux, C.H. 4034 Maui BISH 1967-08-09
6 Freycinetia arborea Kawaiiki Ditch Trail Preserved_Specimen Fruit & Leaf. Woolford, H.A. 16 Oahu BISH 1955-10-09
7 Freycinetia arborea Oahu Zone 2 Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1932-05-15
8 Freycinetia arborea Punaluu Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 1465 Oahu BISH 1956-11-25
9 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; Waikane-Schofield Trail, Waikane Preserved_Specimen Liana; female plant; bracts salmon colored. Fosberg, F.R. 8769 Oahu BISH 1932-11-16
10 Freycinetia arborea Mt. Lanaihale Preserved_Specimen Kondo, Y. Lanai BISH 1961-03-26
11 Freycinetia arborea Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Rose-pink bracts of male flowers. Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1931-07-30
12 Freycinetia arborea Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1931-07-30
13 Freycinetia arborea Mauna Loa? Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Hawaii BISH 1910-07-01
14 Freycinetia arborea Waipio Valley. Country residence of Mr. Francis Brown Preserved_Specimen Flowers male; red-orange. Webb, L. Oahu BISH 1937-08-01
15 Freycinetia arborea Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Female flowers. Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1931-07-30
16 Freycinetia arborea Kalihi Valley; ridge W of valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1908-10-03
17 Freycinetia arborea Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. 1372 Oahu BISH 1930-07-15
18 Freycinetia arborea Lanihuli; common near summit divide Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 1825 Oahu BISH 1984-11-04
19 Freycinetia arborea Manoa Cliffs Trail Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3109 Oahu BISH 1959-10-24
20 Freycinetia arborea Lanaihale Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 293 Lanai BISH 1914-02-25
21 Freycinetia arborea Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-21
22 Freycinetia arborea near Kuliouou Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1931-01-28
23 Freycinetia arborea Kalihi Valley Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1931-01-25
24 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Mtns.; Punaluu, Castle Trail Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 1166 Oahu BISH 1956-06-07
25 Freycinetia arborea Wahiawa; north fork of Kaukonahua Gulch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 3052 Oahu BISH 1909-05-15
26 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Mtns Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4004 Oahu BISH 1909-01-01
27 Freycinetia arborea Wahiawa; north fork of Kaukonahua Gulch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2850 Oahu BISH 1909-05-15
28 Freycinetia arborea Manoa-Tantalus Ridge Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 92 Oahu BISH 1919-11-23
29 Freycinetia arborea Waikolu Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 12351 Molokai BISH 1932-12-21
30 Freycinetia arborea Haupu, S facing slope Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 1645 Kauai BISH 1956-12-31
31 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; Waipio, S ridge of Kipapa Gulch Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1932-05-15
32 Freycinetia arborea Honolulu; Palolo Crater Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1909-09-12
33 Freycinetia arborea Pacific Heights Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Oahu BISH 1903-12-20
34 Freycinetia arborea Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-21
35 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; Zone 2 Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1932-05-15
36 Freycinetia arborea Honolulu; ridge back of Wilhelmina Rise Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1931-01-13
37 Freycinetia arborea N. Koolau Range Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. Oahu BISH 1958-09-25
38 Freycinetia arborea Kulani Prison Rd Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Hawaii BISH 1954-12-19
39 Freycinetia arborea Honokahau; W. slope of Hulalai. Frank Greenwell's paddocks Preserved_Specimen Kondo, Y. Hawaii BISH 1946-07-26
40 Freycinetia arborea Ohulehule Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-11-09
41 Freycinetia arborea Tantalus; W. slope Preserved_Specimen Furmidge, G. Oahu BISH 1933-12-31
42 Freycinetia arborea Pacific Heights Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Oahu BISH 1903-12-20
43 Freycinetia arborea [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. BISH 1954-12-29
44 Freycinetia arborea Manoa-Tantalus Ridge Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 92 Oahu BISH 1919-11-23
45 Freycinetia arborea W Maui, Puu Kukui, on ridge Rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Maui BISH 1933-08-16
46 Freycinetia arborea Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. BISH
47 Freycinetia arborea Lanaihale Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 79 Lanai BISH
48 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Mtns.; Kainaauika, above Palolo Wet, brushy ridge. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 10729 Oahu BISH 1934-12-27
49 Freycinetia arborea East Maui, Nahiku, Koolau Forest Reserve. Kuhiwa Trail Wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Vine climbing high over trees. St.John, H. 17906 Maui BISH 1937-01-02
50 Freycinetia arborea Hawaii Loa Ridge. Overlooking windward side. Growing at ridgeline. Overlooking windward side. Preserved_Specimen Female liana. Fruit nearly mature. Gallaher, T. 447 Oahu BISH 2012-10-16
51 Freycinetia arborea Keauhou Ranch, Kau District near Meyer's Ranch On edge of remnent Metrosideros - Acacia koa - Cibotium forest. Preserved_Specimen Woody liana climbing to 25' on ohi`a scag. Cuddihy, L.W. 600 Hawaii BISH 1980-10-01
52 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; Waikane-Schofield Trail, Waikane Wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Liana; female plant; bracts salmon colored. Fosberg, F.R. 8770 Oahu BISH 1932-10-16
53 Freycinetia arborea Halepuaa Forest Reserve in the Puna District Plant fornd in the Metrosideros forest and is common within the reserve. Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 79.247 Hawaii BISH 1979-04-02
54 Freycinetia arborea Honolulu, Manoa Cliff Trail Wet mixed native and alien forest. Climbing on a Koa tree. Preserved_Specimen Woody climber, fruiting spadices oblong-cylindrical, red. B Berries compressed, oblong, sickle-shaped seeds. Kennedy, B. 43 Oahu BISH 1996-01-13
55 Freycinetia arborea East Maui, Hana District, Honomanu Valley Growing near streambed in alien-dominated forest. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 119924 Maui BISH 1999-11-28
56 Freycinetia arborea Munro Trail, Lanaihale, N end of trail. 4 miles from hwy., side gulch (Kaaaaaaiholena?) Stunted ohia rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Vine growing in trees and into shrubs; stems woody to 3cm. dia; ringed & w/aerial roots. Spence, G. 339 Lanai BISH 1973-10-22
57 Freycinetia arborea Wailau Olokui ridge between upper forks of Wailele Stream Rain forest. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23276 Molokai BISH 1948-02-05
58 Freycinetia arborea Mapulehu Valley Bottom of gulch Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 12769 Molokai BISH 1932-12-28
59 Freycinetia arborea Keauhou Ranch. TK-W 2000' dist Twining up Cheirodendron and old hapu`u. Growing with Ilex, Coprosma, Metrosideros and Alyxia. Remnant forest in pasture. Preserved_Specimen Climbing on other plants. 6 ft. Sterile. Davis, J. 226 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-07
60 Freycinetia arborea Hawaii Loa Ridge Growing at ridgeline overlooking windward side Preserved_Specimen Male liana; inforescence subtended by red brachs Gallaher, T. 448 Oahu BISH 2012-10-16
61 Freycinetia arborea Pupukea Off Pupukea jeep road Pupukea-Paumalu Forest Reserve. Vine growing up into large koa trees; mesophytic forest. Preserved_Specimen Vine, Stems woody to 3 cm. dia. ringed and with aerial roots. Leaves at ends of branches; linear-lanceolate... Spence, G. 216 Oahu BISH 1973-09-20
62 Freycinetia arborea Waianae Mtns.; West side of Puu Manawahua Thicket. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 9886 Oahu BISH 1939-09-29
63 Freycinetia arborea Palolo Valley Mau`umai Trail Along trail with other native plants Preserved_Specimen Liana with mature red fruit Gallaher, T. 195 Oahu BISH 2009-12-01
64 Freycinetia arborea Nuuanu Pali State Wayside Park; ca. 1km E of parking lot; Pali Hwy Mesic forest Preserved_Specimen Perennial with weak stem Annable, C.R. 3086 Oahu BISH 1996-10-27
65 Freycinetia arborea North Kona. Ahupuaa of Kaloko. Mauka; Kaloko Cloud Forest Sanctuary; Norman Bezona's prop Mesic forest Preserved_Specimen Perennial with weak stem. Annable, C.R. 3061 Hawaii BISH 1996-10-08
66 Freycinetia arborea W Maui, Ukumehana Gulch Rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Climber; rare. St.John, H. 25702 Maui BISH 1955-12-28
67 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; Kalauao Ridge, Ewa Forest Reserve Common climber in woods. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 12997 Oahu BISH 1933-03-29
68 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; makai side, Waikane-Schofield trail Rainy region. Preserved_Specimen Climbing screwpine Tsuji, N. Oahu BISH 1932-10-16
69 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; Waipio, S ridge of Kipapa Gulch. East of Puu Kamana Moist gulch. Preserved_Specimen Climber. St.John, H. 11643 Oahu BISH 1932-05-15
70 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; Kuliouou Lower woods. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling vine. St.John, H. 26931 Oahu BISH 1978-11-26
71 Freycinetia arborea Wainiha Rocks in wet pocket valley - shady old taro fields. Preserved_Specimen Vine climbing on trees. Earle, E. 39 Kauai BISH 1972-09-10
72 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Range; North Halawa-Heeia Divide. Haiku Valley Cloud zone. Preserved_Specimen Common vine in thicket. St.John, H. 20436 Oahu BISH 1943-12-12
73 Freycinetia arborea Wainiha; Wainiha Valley Moist woods. Preserved_Specimen Vine climbing high over trees. St.John, H. 13958 Kauai BISH 1934-01-01
74 Freycinetia arborea Wailau-Mapulehu divide Wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Woody vine; fruits rust-colored. Fosberg, F.R. 13510 Molokai BISH 1936-12-29
75 Freycinetia arborea Keauhou Ranch. TK-W 2000' dist Twining up Cheirodendron and old hapu`u. Growing with Ilex, Coprosma, Metrosideros and Alyxia. Remnant forest in pasture. Preserved_Specimen 6 ft. tall, sterile. Davis, J. 226 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-07
76 Freycinetia arborea Mt. Tantalus Sprawling in woods. Preserved_Specimen Spathes purple. St.John, H. 9885 Oahu BISH 1929-09-26
77 Freycinetia arborea Waialua Dist. Upaelua Lower rain forest Preserved_Specimen Baker, J.G. Oahu BISH 1932-09-25
78 Freycinetia arborea Waikolu Valley; Steep valley wall below Puu Kaeo Moist woods. Preserved_Specimen Common vine. St.John, H. 23416 Molokai BISH 1948-12-22
79 Freycinetia arborea Kalamawaiawaawa S. Kona Dist climbing on a Metrosideros tree. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 22547 Hawaii BISH 1947-01-04
80 Freycinetia arborea Koolau Mtns.; Kaunala, Pupukea-Kahuku Trail Moist forest. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 9 Oahu BISH 1935-10-06
81 Freycinetia arborea Puna Dist.; Wright Road, Olaa Forest Reserve Virgin Cibotium & Metrosideros forest. Preserved_Specimen Climbing on trees. St.John, H. 25054 Hawaii BISH 1953-01-29
82 Freycinetia arborea Kaipapau Valley In forest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8931 Hawaii BISH 1931-11-08
83 Freycinetia arborea Honolulu; near Puu Konahuanui. Along trail to crest of Koolau Range, ca 3.5 air miles NNE of University of Hawaii campus Native forest Preserved_Specimen Young, D.A. 1649 Oahu BISH 1979-01-18
84 Freycinetia arborea East Maui, Nahiku, Koolau Forest Reserve. Kuhiwa Trail Wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Vine climbing high over trees. St.John, H. 17906 Maui BISH 1937-01-02
85 Freycinetia arborea Manoa Cliffs Trail Found associated with Metrosideros; Pisonia; Psidium. Undergrowth of ferns. Preserved_Specimen Woody climber forming dense thickets along trail. Stems ca. 1' diameter; ringed with leaf scars. Leaves found at end of branches; tufted Ishikawa, S. 173 Oahu BISH 1972-11-14
86 Freycinetia arborea Na Pali Coast. Na Pali Coast Trail, between Haena Point & Hanakoa Valley Woody vine 1-1 1/2 in. diam. twining about trees; aerial roots abundant; common plant in this locality. Preserved_Specimen Stern, W.L. 1260 Kauai BISH 1961-08-01
87 Freycinetia arborea Honomuni West Ridge of Honomuni in Metrosideros forest. Preserved_Specimen vine St.John, H. 25190 Molokai BISH 1953-12-23
88 Freycinetia arborea East Maui, Puu Hoolio Ridge Trail In patch of Lycopodium cernuum. Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. 92 Maui BISH 1972-07-15
89 Freycinetia arborea Koolauloa District; Pupukea Forest Acacia-Metrosideros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7144 Oahu BISH 1934-08-01
90 Freycinetia arborea Maunalua; Koolau Divide. Hahione Valley; NW head Vine in ohia woods. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 20174 Oahu BISH 1941-02-16
91 Freycinetia arborea Laaukahi; Haiku Common climbing in woods. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 13487 Kauai BISH 1933-12-22
92 Freycinetia arborea Kahana; mouth of second glen on left Dry. Preserved_Specimen Oswald, O. 2 Oahu BISH 1928-09-23
93 Freycinetia arborea Ewa Forest Reserve, Aiea Ridge. Growing up a dead Acacia koa. With Dicranopteris linearis, Metrosideros polymorpha, Syzygium sandwicense, Psilotum complanatum, Elephantopus, Psychotria (mariniana?). Preserved_Specimen ~4 m vine. Fruit pale orange beginning to dehis. Walvoord, N. 2022022 Oahu BISH 2022-03-06
94 Freycinetia arborea Kona In wet ohia forest. Preserved_Specimen Scandent; climbing on Metrosideros polymorpha trees; some individuals up to 50 feet tall. Bracts of inflorescence orange at base; pecked by birds (or bats?); succulent but green; fibrous above. Carlquist, S. 2074 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-26
95 Freycinetia arborea East Maui, Hana Highway 10.2 mi from Hana Post Office ( on Wailuku side) With Eucalyptus overstory and Psychotria association; Oplismenus undergrowth. Preserved_Specimen Shrub climbing on trees Ishikawa, S. 351 Maui BISH 1973-12-01
96 Freycinetia arborea Waianae Mts.; Makaha Valley Moist woods. Preserved_Specimen Climbing vine up to 20 m long. St.John, H. 24869 Oahu BISH 1952-11-30
97 Freycinetia arborea Puna. Just S of 1955 flow, between Pahoa & Kalapana Along road in lehua & Straussia forest. Preserved_Specimen Climbing woody vine; bracts coral pink. Stone, B.C. 3032 Hawaii BISH 1959-08-06
98 Freycinetia arborea Nuuanu Pali; Lanihuli Ridge. East ascent from lookout, Preserved_Specimen Common woody climber. Stone, B.C. 2767 Oahu BISH 1959-05-03
99 Freycinetia arborea Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Climbing vine; sterile. Miller, J.S. 7838 Oahu BISH 1992-07-29
100 Freycinetia arborea Kalaupapa; Puu Alii 2, near cabin Preserved_Specimen woody climber Wysong, M.L. 712 Molokai BISH 2005-03-24
101 Freycinetia arborea East Maui, Waikamoi, Between Forest Reserve gate and road to lower Olinda Flume Preserved_Specimen Common; climbing trees in open woods. Fruits orange. Crosby, M.R. 1827 Maui BISH 1964-07-19
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