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Nothocestrum breviflorum

A.Gray (1862)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Nothocestrum

‘aiea [aiea], hālena [halena]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Stout trees 10–12 m tall, trunk up to 45 cm in diameter, wood whitish green, soft, sappy, bark brown or gray, smooth.

Stems: Branches stiff, ascending.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, usually clustered toward the ends of the branches. Blades oblong or elliptic–oblong, 5–12 cm long, 3–6 cm wide. Apex acute or obtuse. Base acute or obtuse. Upper surfaces glabrous to sparsely whitish pubescent; lower surfaces sparsely to densely whitish pubescent; Blades seasonally deciduous, relatively thick, chartaceous. Margins entire. Petioles 2–5 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers numerous on short axillary spurs, pedicels 4–10 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, pedicellate. Calyx 4-lobed, 6–11 mm long, margins dentate. Corolla greenish yellow, 4-lobed, the tube scarcely exserted from calyx, 4-lobed, the lobes pubescent externally, glabrous within. Stamens 4; filaments extremely short to absent; anthers linear, acute, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-celled, ovoid; ovules numerous; style short; stigma 2-lobed.

Fruit: Berries orangish red; succulent; depressed globose to oblong; 6–8 mm long; enclosed by the calyx. Seeds irregular; seed coat pitted; embryo curved; endosperm present.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Dry to occasionally mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 550–1,830 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 49 (1862)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1263 (H); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:213 (KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 13036 Hawaii BISH 1917-08-01
2 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 25 Hawaii BISH 1911-06-08
3 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Gillett, G.W. 1741 Hawaii BISH 1965-04-20
4 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2194 Hawaii BISH 1926-08-24
5 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2193 Hawaii BISH 1926-08-21
6 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 13018 Hawaii BISH 1917-08-01
7 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Skottsberg, C.J.F. 671 Hawaii BISH 1922-09-26
8 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8769 Hawaii BISH 1911-04-01
9 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meebold, A. Hawaii BISH 1932-05-01
10 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Russ, G.W. Hawaii BISH 1927-08-01
11 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hawaii BISH
12 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 3211 Hawaii BISH 1938-09-11
13 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 182 Hawaii BISH 1911-06-16
14 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Kondo, Y. 11112 Hawaii BISH 1946-07-24
15 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1029 Hawaii BISH 1915-07-01
16 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4905 Hawaii BISH 1983-07-28
17 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details growing on a'a lava with Erythrina, Metrosideros, Xylosma, Lantana. Preserved_Specimen Tree. Herbst, D.R. 1591 Hawaii BISH 1970-02-22
18 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Diospyros mixed forest with patchy stands of Aleurites on aa lava. Preserved_Specimen Newell, C.L. 488 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-20
19 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist woods. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 11370 Hawaii BISH 1931-12-29
20 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dense forest Hilea. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 10016 Hawaii BISH 1912-01-15
21 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details in open to closed Metrosideros-Acacia koa forest with an understory of mixed native trees. Preserved_Specimen Single tree 30' tall with dbh of 5, flowers fragrant, greenish, in cluster. No fruit. Substrate A`a. Cuddihy, L.W. 284 Hawaii BISH 1980-03-31
22 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Osteomeles-Chamaesyce lowland mesic forest and cliff w/ riparian communities. Associated species: Carex spp., Dianella, Canthium, Eragrostis, Diospyros, Dodonaea, Alyxia. Preserved_Specimen 4 m tall, many branched tree; trunk light-brown; leaves translucent green w/ white-yellow nerves; fruit organge-red; corolla yellow-green. Wood, K.R. 4862 Hawaii BISH 1995-12-14
23 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occasional in open dry forest on aa lava slope. Preserved_Specimen Tree 6 m tall. Fosberg, F.R. 41729 Hawaii BISH 1961-03-24
24 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Aa fountain grass country. Associataed species: Sophora. Preserved_Specimen Tree 5 m. DBH 5 in. Fruit translucent creamy yellow? Ruffin, W. 6 Hawaii BISH 1971-07-02
25 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry lava region of Erythrina. Preserved_Specimen Tree 8 ft high; trunk 6 in diameter. Flowers greenish-yellow, fragrant. Kosaki, K. 121 Hawaii BISH 1954-12-28
26 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Remnant dryland forest with dense fountain grass. On aa substrate. With Chamaesyce olowaluana 5702 & 5703. Preserved_Specimen Ca. 15' gnarled treelet. Several individuals all flowering and fruiting. Takeuchi, W.N. 5701 Hawaii BISH 1989-12-26
27 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing at the forest edge with Metrosideros polymorpha, Acacia koa, Dryopteris wallichiana, Coprosma spp., Ilex anomala, Cheirodendron trigynum, Urera glabra. Preserved_Specimen Medium sized tree to ca. 6m. Flowers numerous on short spurs. Berries enclosed by the calyx. VanDerMark, J. 68 Hawaii BISH 2020-10-21
28 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Lava fields. Preserved_Specimen A tall tree with a diameter of 1 1/2 ft. Rock, J.F.C. 3552 Hawaii BISH 1909-06-01
29 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details growing near highway. Preserved_Specimen Medium-sized tree, flowers light green, some in alcohol. Pung, E. 260 Hawaii BISH 1980-04-18
30 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Closed Acacia - Metrosideros forest, open understory with Rumex, Pipturus, Dryopteris. Preserved_Specimen Tree 30' tall, 14 base diameter, spread 20' x 30'. Flowers light green, towards white, immature fruit white, mature orange. Davis, J. 249 Hawaii BISH 1980-03-27
31 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in shade of other trees. Preserved_Specimen Tree 20' high. Fagerlund, G.O. 778 Hawaii BISH 1943-08-16
32 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Pennisetum grassland. Preserved_Specimen 12' treelet. Takeuchi, W.N. 5793 Hawaii BISH 1989-05-01
33 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 27506 Hawaii BISH 1959-03-22
34 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In dry forest on aa lava, with Diospyros, Dracaena, Planchonella, Erythrina, Canthium, Colubrina. Preserved_Specimen Fls. pale green, berry orange at maturity; tree to 15 ft; fls. very fragrant (oleaceous fragrance). Carlquist, S. 2087 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-29
35 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rare in open dry woodland on aa lava. Preserved_Specimen Small spreading tree; flowers green, deliciously fragrant. Fosberg, F.R. 42167 Hawaii BISH 1961-09-11
36 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry forest with Diospyros, Colubrina, Mezoneuron and others. Preserved_Specimen 7 m tall, 14 cm dbh. Stemmermann, R.L. 6817 Hawaii BISH 1982-12-05
37 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry lava region of Erythrina. Preserved_Specimen Tree 8 ft high; trunk 6 in diameter. Flowers greenish-yellow, fragrant. Kosaki, K. 121 Hawaii BISH 1954-12-28
38 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing near highway. Preserved_Specimen Medium sized tree. Flowers light green. Pung, E. 260 Hawaii BISH 1980-04-18
39 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry mamane-mixed native trees community with an exotic grass native shrub understory. In full sun. Preserved_Specimen Tree; 12 cm Bd; 3 m tall; 2 main trunks. Bark light gray; dangling branches. Jacobi, J.D. 1174 Hawaii BISH 1978-08-08
40 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details near Uhjuhi enclosures; Metrosideros, Diospyros sandwicensis, Erythrina sandwicensis, Colubrina oppositifolia, Caesalpinia kavaiensis, Pennisetum setaceum Preserved_Specimen 25' tree; fruit Perlman, S. 20064 Hawaii BISH 2006-06-08
41 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In lava fields. Preserved_Specimen A tall tree with a diameter of 1 1/2 ft. Rock, J.F.C. 3603 Hawaii BISH 1909-06-01
42 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Remnant dryland forest with dense fountain grass. On aa substrate. With Chamaesyce olowaluana 5702 & 5703. Preserved_Specimen Ca. 15' gnarled treelet. Several individuals all flowering and fruiting. Takeuchi, W.N. 5701 Hawaii BISH 1989-12-26
43 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Remnant dryland forest with dense fountain grass. On `a`a substrate; with Chamaesyce olowaluana. Preserved_Specimen 15' gnarled treelet, several inds. all flowering and fruiting. Takeuchi, W.N. 5701 Hawaii BISH 1989-12-26
44 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details growing on a'a lava with Erythrina, Metrosideros, Xylosma, Lantana. Preserved_Specimen Tree. Herbst, D.R. 1591 Hawaii BISH 1970-02-22
45 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Pennisetum grassland. Preserved_Specimen 12' treelet. Takeuchi, W.N. 5793 Hawaii BISH 1989-05-01
46 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rough lava. Preserved_Specimen Small tree. Ht. 8 m. MacDaniels, L.H. 309 Hawaii BISH 1926-12-01
47 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Tall open savanna. On rough aa. Associated species: Fountain grass, mamane, Myrsine, Grevillea, castor bean. Preserved_Specimen Medium tree, 15 ft high. Flower greenish-yellow, four crinkled petals. Bark light, smooth, fluted. Diameter at base 13 inches. Montgomery, S.L. 64 Hawaii BISH 1971-07-22
48 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rare, in forest of scattered trees on aa lava. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 22510 Hawaii BISH 1947-01-02
49 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry exotic grassland with native and exotic shrubs and scattered native trees. Growing on pahoehoe substrate. Preserved_Specimen 25 cm Bd; 9 m tall. Warshauer, F.R. 2081 Hawaii BISH 1978-08-09
50 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Pennisetum grassland. Preserved_Specimen 12' treelet. Takeuchi, W.N. 5793 Hawaii BISH 1989-05-01
51 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Pennisetum grassland with native dryland relicts. Preserved_Specimen 15' tree, one of several, all flowering and fruiting. Takeuchi, W.N. 5725 Hawaii BISH 1989-12-26
52 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Pennisetum grassland with native dryland relicts. Preserved_Specimen 15' tree, flowering and fruiting. Takeuchi, W.N. 5725 Hawaii BISH 1989-12-26
53 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Pennisetum grassland with native dryland relicts. Preserved_Specimen 15' tree, one of several, all flowering and fruiting. Takeuchi, W.N. 5725 Hawaii BISH 1989-12-26
54 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In dry forest. Preserved_Specimen Christensen, Mrs.C. 2 Hawaii BISH 1963-09-03
55 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corolla lobes green with yellowish margins. Flynn, T.W. 1274 Hawaii BISH 1985-10-15
56 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tree 20 ft. high, fl yellow, fragrant. St.John, H. 11364 Hawaii BISH 1931-12-29
57 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Fruit present. Ruffin, W. 18 Hawaii BISH 1971-07-02
58 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 397 Hawaii BISH 1911-08-04
59 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 25 Hawaii BISH 1911-06-08
60 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 13036 Hawaii BISH 1917-08-01
61 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2192 Hawaii BISH 1926-08-14
62 Nothocestrum breviflorum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 3 m tall. Ozaki, E.T. 1327 Hawaii BISH 1954-12-28
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