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Ormosia monosperma

(Sw.) Urb. (1899)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Ormosia

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Symb. Antill. 1: 321 (1899)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ormosia monosperma Mrs. Isenberg's, Lihue Preserved_Specimen Tree. MacDaniels, L.H. 919 Kauai BISH 1927-02-28
2 Ormosia monosperma Koloa District: Lawai Valley. the Allerton Estate at Lawai Kai. Cut flower garden Preserved_Specimen Tree of 25 ft.; leaves glossy dark-green above, dull, paler below with raised yellow-green midrib, leaflets 11-13; calyx brown pubescent w/out greenish-cream w/in; standard white w/faint greenish central lobe and faint mauve tinge at apex; wings and keel mauve w/whitish center; not fragrant (9 AM). Flynn, T.W. 6197 Kauai BISH 1997-08-12
3 Ormosia monosperma Lihue? Preserved_Specimen Empty pods only. (Seeds are rounded lens-shape, red with black spot.) Clay, H.F. Kauai BISH 1955-12-01
4 Ormosia monosperma Hilo Forestry Arboretum, Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Tree 12-15 m. Leaves alternate. Flowers terminal cream-green. Sepals yellow-green inside, brown-fuzzy outside, petals cream, tinged purple. Stems and twigs covered with brown hairs. Stamens curved, base of pistill covered with brown hairs. Pods brown, seeds red, hard. Teraoka, W. 157 Hawaii BISH 1979-11-13
5 Ormosia monosperma Kauai Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Kauai BISH
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