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Elaeocarpus serratus

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Oxalidales Family: Elaeocarpaceae Genus: Elaeocarpus

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Potentially naturalizing

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Potentially naturalizing

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 515 (1753)

Other References

Daehler & Baker 2006:14 (O? [adventive, Lyon Arboretum, observed but uncollected], DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Elaeocarpus serratus Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Upper Valley fruit orchard (Food for Thought area), west side of Lawai Steam. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Young tree 3.5 m tall, crown full, densely branching. Leaves glossy green, old leaves red. Flowers fragrant (5pm), calyx green, stamens yellow, petals white. Fruit edible. Lorence, D.H. 10653 Kauai BISH 2016-09-09
2 Elaeocarpus serratus Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, Mc Bryde Garden, Upper Valley fruit orchard (Food for Thought area), west side of Lawai Stream. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 meters tall, crown full, densely branched. Leaves dark glossy green above, paler below, petiole orange distally. Fruit ovoid, green when ripe, becoming soft, pulp sour, edible, seed light tan. Lorence, D.H. 10774 Kauai BISH 2019-01-16
3 Elaeocarpus serratus Lyon Arboretum, site 3-15-1 Preserved_Specimen Tree, about 25 ft. tall, 1.5 ft. DBH, with small buttree roots, and somewhat smooth, gray bark. Flowers white; fruit green. Herbst, D.R. 640 Oahu BISH 1967-10-10
4 Elaeocarpus serratus Wahiawa, Wahawa Bot. Gard. Preserved_Specimen Tree 25-30 ft tall with a dense, rounded crown; levs dark treen above, paler below more or less leathery; flws whitish Stpales, G. 786 Oahu BISH 1992-02-16
5 Elaeocarpus serratus Wahiawa, California Ave., former H.S.P.A. nursery Preserved_Specimen Lvs. turn rose-colored; fr. like olives, green, edible. McEldowney, G.A. Oahu BISH 1952-09-10
6 Elaeocarpus serratus Lyon Arboretum, site H3-16-2 Preserved_Specimen 23 dbh. Ht: 40 ft. Nagata, K.M. 215 Oahu BISH 1967-06-06
7 Elaeocarpus serratus Wahiawa, Wahiawa Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen Tree 6 m tall, in full sun. Lau, J. 3016 Oahu BISH 1986-12-16
8 Elaeocarpus serratus Honolulu, District, Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Tree ca. 25' tall with small buttress roots, somewhat smooth gray bark; dbh ca. 1.5'; flowers white with fringed petals; fruit green when ripe. Herbst, D.R. 640 Oahu BISH 1967-10-10
9 Elaeocarpus serratus U.S.A. Hawaii, Honolulu, Wahiawa Bot. Garden, In Hawaiian garden, along steep ramp walkway down from Main Terrace into Hawaiian Garden. Grid square I-5. Preserved_Specimen Tree with dense, rounded crown, ca 5-8 m tall; foliage very dense, leaves dark green above, paler underneath, crisply leathery, petioles reddish; infloescences spreading to drooping, axis reddish; calyxes greenish white (no petals present), young flower buds white. Fruits pendant, ca 2.5-3 cm long, ellipsoidal, greenish, fleshy, inside with a hard, sculptured, woody endocarp (several weathered endocarps picked up from ground under tree). Staples, G.W. 1599 Oahu BISH 2014-12-03
10 Elaeocarpus serratus Wahiawa nursery Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1955-02-14
11 Elaeocarpus serratus Honolulu, Manoa Arboretum, A-10-211-1 Preserved_Specimen Caum, E.L. 5966 Oahu BISH 1940-10-01
12 Elaeocarpus serratus Wahiawa, old Lewers place Preserved_Specimen Small spreading tree. McEldowney, G.A. Oahu BISH 1948-08-21
13 Elaeocarpus serratus Wahiawa garden. Mauka of house Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Oahu BISH 1950-12-11
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