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Myrsine pukooensis

(H.Lév.) Hosaka (1940)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Primulaceae Genus: Myrsine

kōlea [kolea]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees to 5–6 m tall.

Stems: Branches reddish brown, stout, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades oblanceolate to elliptic–oblanceolate, (6.3–)9–15(–19) cm long, (2.8–)4–5.3(–6) cm wide. Apex obtuse to rounded, ± emarginate. Base cuneate to attenuate, and then usually subtruncate, basal margins recurved near juncture of petiole. Surfaces glabrous, inconspicuously punctate, green to yellowish green, clustered at the tips of the branches, coriaceous. Margins entire and slightly revolute. Midrib prominent, lateral veins ca. 25–30 pairs, conspicuous, irregular, ca. 2–4 mm apart, reticulate higher order venation moderately prominent, more so upon drying, submarginal vein present, ca. 0.3–0.5 mm from margin. Petioles (2–)5–8 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 5–10 in bracteolate fascicles arising on usually stout woody knobs below the leaves. Flowers possibly bisexual (perfect); pedicels 5–10 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 4–5(6)-lobed, usually deeply so, the lobes imbricate or valvate in bud, punctate or with secretory lines, lobes ca. 1.2 mm long, margins ciliate. Corolla of 4–5(6) petals; petals oblanceolate, the lobes nearly distinct or connate up to ½ their length, imbricate in bud, 3.5–4 mm long, with secretory streaks. Anthers ca. 2.2 mm long, with a tuft of hairs at apex. Ovary superior, 3–5(6)-carpellate, 1-celled; ovules few in a single row, ovary reduced and sterile or absent in staminate flowers; style very short or absent, terminal; stigma capitate-angled.

Fruit: Drupes purplish black; ca. 8 mm in diameter. Seeds 1 per fruit; small; dark colored; subglobose; excavated at base.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range: 360–1,310 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 16: 56 (1940)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:944 (O, Mo, L, WM); Hank Oppenheimer pers. obs./St.John 18785 BISH (L†, 1938)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros polymorpha, Hibiscus arnottianus, Straussia, Alyxia, Dicranopteris Preserved_Specimen to 8' shrub, erect; flower pale pink Carlquist, S. 1623 Oahu BISH 1964-11-29
2 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rain forest Preserved_Specimen 8 m x 2.5 dm tree; flower whitish; fruit purplish; leaves coriaceous, above dark, below pale green St.John, H. 19856 Molokai BISH 1938-12-28
3 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist woods Preserved_Specimen Tree 20 ft. x 8 in. St.John, H. 13349 Oahu BISH 1933-09-24
4 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Tetraplasandra, Scaevola, Cyrtandra, Melicope, Coprosma, Broussaisia, Antidesma, Wikstroemia, Ilex, Cheirodendron, Clidemia Preserved_Specimen shrub Perlman, S. 6007 Oahu BISH 1987-06-26
5 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rain forest Preserved_Specimen 8 m x 2.5 dm tree; flower whitish; fruit purplish; leaves coriaceous, above dark, below pale green St.John, H. 19856 Molokai BISH 1938-12-28
6 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist forest Preserved_Specimen tree 5 m. St.John, H. 18785 Lanai BISH 1938-04-09
7 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details forest Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 7049 Molokai BISH 1910-04-01
8 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 3060 Oahu BISH 1909-05-15
9 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 206 Lanai BISH 1913-12-26
10 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 55 Molokai BISH 1912-06-01
11 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1029 Oahu BISH 1909-01-16
12 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 421 Oahu BISH 1909-10-01
13 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 362 Oahu BISH 1927-01-23
14 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1077 Oahu BISH 1909-01-07
15 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 488 Oahu BISH 1908-12-24
16 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1183 Oahu BISH 1908-06-14
17 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 5 m x 20 cm tree; fruit black Chock, A.K. 470 Oahu BISH 1952-05-25
18 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1908-10-22
19 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 275 Lanai BISH 1913-12-26
20 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 426 Molokai BISH 1910-05-01
21 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 426 Molokai BISH 1910-05-01
22 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 10358 Oahu BISH 1912-09-01
23 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 973 Oahu BISH 1909-01-07
24 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 103 Maui BISH 1929-12-19
25 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 553 Oahu BISH 1927-01-29
26 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1910-01-01
27 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1910-01-01
28 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2411 Maui BISH 1920-05-17
29 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist woods Preserved_Specimen Tree 20 ft. x 8 in. St.John, H. 13349 Oahu BISH 1933-09-24
30 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Lanai BISH
31 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH
32 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details uluhe Preserved_Specimen large shrub Takeuchi, W.N. 2793 Oahu BISH 1986-08-30
33 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wooded slope Preserved_Specimen Tree 20 ft. tall, fruit black St.John, H. 10031 Oahu BISH 1929-11-10
34 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist forest Preserved_Specimen tree 5 m. tall, leaves red at base of midrib Fosberg, F.R. 12442 Lanai BISH 1935-11-29
35 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rain forest Preserved_Specimen tree Muir, B. Oahu BISH 1933-09-24
36 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing along side of ridge in wet forest with Metrosideros polymorpha, Bobea elatior, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Gardenia mannii, Sadleria pallida, Pritchardia kahukuensis, and others. Preserved_Specimen Fruit borne in clusters along stems, round/globose. Leaves auriculated at bases. Primary veins under 1 cm apart. Leaves mostly crowded at tips of branches. Thomas, M.K. 758 Oahu BISH 2024-10-03
37 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Upper dry ridge. Preserved_Specimen Kitamura, F. Oahu BISH 1933-09-24
38 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros, Psychotria, Cheirodendron, Ilex, Hedyotis terminalis, Coprosma, Perrottetia, Labordia waiolani Preserved_Specimen ~3 m shrub Wagner, W.L. 5764 Molokai BISH 1987-08-02
39 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2499 Oahu BISH 1938-07-03
40 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on drier forehills, common in valleys Preserved_Specimen A tree 20-25 ft. Rock, J.F.C. 8034 Lanai BISH 1910-07-01
41 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details forest Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 18 Oahu BISH 1933-09-24
42 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 12163 Oahu BISH 1937-12-06
43 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wooded slope Preserved_Specimen Tree 20 ft. tall, fruit black St.John, H. 10031 Oahu BISH 1929-11-10
44 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rain forest Preserved_Specimen 8 m x 2.5 dm tree; flower whitish; fruit purplish; leaves coriaceous, above dark, below pale green St.John, H. 19856 Molokai BISH 1938-12-28
45 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wooded ridge Preserved_Specimen tree St.John, H. 10243 Maui BISH 1930-02-06
46 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist forest Preserved_Specimen tree 5 m. St.John, H. 18785 Lanai BISH 1938-04-09
47 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet forest Preserved_Specimen 6 m tree, pinkish flower Fosberg, F.R. 13475 Molokai BISH 1936-12-29
48 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wooded ridge Preserved_Specimen tree St.John, H. 10243 Maui BISH 1930-02-06
49 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet wooded slopes Preserved_Specimen tree 8 m. tall, leaves heavy, leathery, with red midrib Fosberg, F.R. 12591 Lanai BISH 1935-12-03
50 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on drier forehills, common in valleys Preserved_Specimen A tree 20-25 ft. Rock, J.F.C. 8034 Lanai BISH 1910-07-01
51 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros Wet Forest w. Cheirodendron, Melicope, Ilex, Tetraplasandra, Clermontia, Broussaisia, Cibotium, Sadleria, Dicranopteris, Freycinetia, Alyxia. With Myrsine lessertiana & Myrsine sandwicensis. Preserved_Specimen Shrubs or small trees to 4m tall; usually w. flowers on large woody knobs, but most trees prior to anthesis on this date. Oppenheimer, H.L. 10501 Maui BISH 2005-01-06
52 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist forest Preserved_Specimen tree 5 m St.John, H. 18785 Lanai BISH 1938-04-09
53 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet Metrosideros forest Preserved_Specimen 5 m shrub St.John, H. 25669 Maui BISH 1955-12-28
54 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dense rain-forest at summit Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 10218 Oahu BISH 1932-07-03
55 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rain forest Preserved_Specimen 5 m tree, pinkish flower Fosberg, F.R. 13373 Molokai BISH 1936-12-23
56 Myrsine pukooensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 12037 Oahu BISH 1937-12-19
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