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Melicope mucronulata

(H.St.John) 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: Small trees up to 4 m tall, new growth densely puberulent.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades ovate to elliptic–ovate, 8–16 cm long, 3.5–6.5 cm wide. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces densely puberulent when young, becoming sparsely minutely puberulent or glabrate; blades thin, coriaceous. Margins entire. Primary lateral veins usually 6–8(–10) pairs, connected by an arched vein 3–10 mm from margin, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 20–35 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers ca. 3–9 in axillary cymes, puberulent throughout, peduncles 6–15 mm long, pedicels 3–8 mm long. Floral details unknown. Calyx of 4 sepals, imbricate. Corolla of 4 petals. Stamens 8. 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.

Fruit: Fruit 24–28 mm wide; of distinct follicles 12–14 mm long; exocarp thin; glabrous; endocarp glabrous. the carpels dehiscing along the upper suture; exocarp. Seeds 1–2 per follicle; ca. 6 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: Mesic forests; dry shrublands

Elevation Range: 870 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 121 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1196 (Mo, EM [as Pelea mucronulata]); Hartley & Stone 1989:121 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. mucronulata)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8575 Molokai BISH 5/12/1928
2 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 2078.m Maui US 3/23/1920
3 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P. 15748 Molokai US 3/12/1997
4 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Styphelia Mesic Shrubland w/ forested gulches of Metrosideros-Dicranopteris PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 6046 Molokai PTBG 3/12/1997
5 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 18218 Molokai PTBG 8/20/2002
6 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2078.m Maui BISH 3/23/1920
7 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2083.M Maui BISH 3/23/1920
8 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic forest. Associated species: toona, tropical ash, ohia, uluhe lau nui, uluhe, Kadua affinis. Two of three known wild plants left on Molokai occur in neighboring gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Bakutis, A. s.n. Molokai BISH 5/5/2016
9 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 1449 Oahu BISH 9/24/1985
10 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Here and there. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN imada, c.t. lau, j. collector number: 105a Oahu BISH 9/24/1985
11 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PreservedSpecimen Russell, C.A. Collector Number: s.n. Molokai BISH Specimen 10/16/1986
12 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Forest primarily of Streblus-Morinda-Elaeocarpus, numerous Strongylodon vines. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2083.m Oahu BISH 3/23/1920
13 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dodonaea, Styphelia, Myrsine, Pleomele, Chamaesyce, Metrosideros, Diospyros, Alyxia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 1449 Molokai BISH 9/24/1985
14 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2078.M Maui BISH 3/23/1920
15 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mesic forest and shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7041 Molokai PTBG 12/28/1997
16 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dodonaea-Styphelia Lowland Mesic Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1988 Molokai PTBG 7/6/1992
17 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Diospyros - Metrosideros lowland mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 15748 Molokai PTBG 3/12/1997
18 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros-Dodonaea-Styphelia lowland mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 12856 Molokai PTBG 7/6/1992
19 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 16551 Molokai PTBG 3/31/1999
20 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Dodonaea Styphelia Lowland Mesic Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 609 Molokai PTBG 2/26/1991
21 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mesic forest and shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7039 Molokai PTBG 12/28/1997
22 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Hill, B. 18218 Molokai US 8/20/2002
23 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 2083.m Maui US 3/23/1920
24 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information ca. ten Ochrosia compta in region; below dry falls alson drainage; pigs, goats, Melinus minutiflora, Rubus rosifolius, Buddleia asiatica PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & m. query 7041 Molokai US 12/28/1997
25 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information ca. ten Ochrosia compta in region; below dry falls alson drainage; pigs, goats, Melinus minutiflora, Rubus rosifolius, Buddleia asiatica PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Query, M. 7041 Molokai US 12/28/1997
26 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. 2083.M Maui US 3/23/2020
27 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman 15748 Molokai US 3/12/1997
28 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. 2078.M Maui US 3/23/2020
29 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman & B. Hill 18218 Molokai US 8/20/2002
30 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 609 Molokai US 2/26/1991
31 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman 15748 Hawaii US 3/12/1997
32 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 609 Molokai US 2/26/1991
33 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & b. hill 18218 Molokai US 8/20/2002
34 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2078.M Maui BISH 3/23/1920
35 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2078.m Maui BISH 3/23/1920
36 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2078.M Maui BISH 3/23/1920
37 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dubautia linearis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dodonaea, Styphelia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. 105a Molokai BISH 9/24/1985
38 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2083.m Maui BISH 3/23/1920
39 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 8575 Molokai BISH 5/12/1928
40 Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information mixed mesic forest and shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7737 Molokai PTBG 3/31/1999
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