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Melicope cinerea

A.Gray (1854)

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: Trees or shrubs 3–7 m tall, new growth densely dull grayish to yellowish brown puberulent, branchlets becoming glabrate.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades elliptic or narrowly ovate, 3.5–15 cm long, 2–5(–7) cm wide. Apex broadly acute to obtuse, ± minutely emarginate. Base rounded or weakly subcordate. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces puberulent, petioles puberulent; blade coriaceous. Margins entire. Primary lateral veins usually 10–18 pairs, raised on lower surface, connected by an arched vein 2–10 mm from margin, venation pinnate, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 15–33 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 5–9 in glabrous and viscid to densely grayish puberulent, axillary cymes, peduncles 3–7 mm long, pedicels 1.5–2 mm long, bracteoles lanceolate, lower ones up to 5 mm long, ciliate, sparsely to densely grayish puberulent, flowers bracts small, opposite. Calyx of 4 sepals, sepals ovate, 2.5–3 mm long, densely grayish puberulent, imbricate. Corolla of 4 petals; petals valvate, deltate, 3.5–5 mm long, densely puberulent externally. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, distinct, reduced but always present in functionally pistillate flowers. Ovary superior, glabrous, ovary 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 dark green; 20–30 mm wide; of distinct follicles 11–15 mm long; exocarp glabrous; endocarp short–villous with pale hairs; the carpels dehiscing along the upper suture. Seeds 1–2 per cell; 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: Occurring in diverse mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 240–820 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 350 (1854)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1185 (O [as Pelea cinerea]); Hartley & Stone 1989:122 (COMBNOV, Syn. P. cinerea = M. cinerea)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock s.n. Hawaii US
2 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN russ, g.w. Oahu BISH 3/1/1930
3 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 12218 Oahu US 11/6/1932
4 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F. s.n. Hawaii US 12/1/1955
5 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Darwin, S. P. 1152 Kauai US 7/30/1975
6 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Nagata, K. M. 1169 Oahu US 7/4/1973
7 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. darwin 1152 Kauai US 7/30/1975
8 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ozaki, e.t. Lisianski BISH 8/18/1963
9 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes s.n. Oahu US 8/18/1908
10 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry Acacia forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 25593 Oahu BISH 12/11/1955
11 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. 3639 Oahu BISH 7/1/1987
12 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. Lanai BISH 8/18/1908
13 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 17974 Oahu BISH 1/10/1937
14 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information wooded, ohia lehua PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 20443 Oahu BISH 1/9/1944
15 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hillebrand, W.B. v.5 Oahu BISH 2/25/1905
16 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. st. john 12218 Oahu US 11/6/1932
17 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. nagata 1169 Oahu US 7/4/1973
18 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. s.n. Oahu US 8/18/2008
19 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information above Isodendrion; with Diospyros, Myrsine, Charpentiera, Dodonaea PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 5480 Oahu BISH 3/24/1987
20 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/18/1908
21 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 12218 Kauai BISH 11/6/1932
22 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mesic Acacia/Dicranopteris forest with Metrosideros, Psychotria, Bobea, Dodonaea, Alphitonia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 3258 Kauai BISH 9/10/1989
23 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ozaki, E.T. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/18/1963
24 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mesic Acacia/Dicranopteris forest with Metrosideros, Psychotria, Bobea, Dodonaea, Alphitonia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. uchida, g. collector number: 3258 Kauai BISH 9/10/1989
25 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information forest, foggy at night PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 9860 Oahu BISH 6/26/1932
26 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hillebrand, w.b. collector number: v.5 Oahu BISH 1883-08-08
27 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Skottsberg, C.J.F. 242 Oahu BISH 8/18/1922
28 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information wooded, ohia lehua PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 20443 Oahu BISH 1/9/1944
29 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In shade of Acacia in mountain parkland formation. On shaded rocks at foot of 1.8 m. tall Styphelia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN faurie, a. collector number: 178 Hawaii BISH 5/1/1910
30 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information dry Acacia forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 25593 Oahu BISH 12/11/1955
31 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. s.n. Oahu BISH 10/3/1908
32 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Russ, G.W. s.n. Oahu BISH 3/1/1930
33 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information above Isodendrion; with Diospyros, Myrsine, Charpentiera, Dodonaea PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 5480 Oahu BISH 3/24/1987
34 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information forest, foggy at night PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. park, k.k.; nitta, y. collector number: 9860 Oahu BISH 6/26/1932
35 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 17974 Oahu BISH 1/10/1937
36 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 12218 Oahu BISH 11/6/1932
37 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN skottsberg, c.j.f. collector number: 242 Oahu BISH 8/18/1922
38 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN L M Cranwell|O Selling|C Skottsberg AK 9/19/1938
39 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 5480 Oahu PTBG 3/24/1987
40 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information alien-native mixed lowland mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1921 Oahu PTBG 5/13/1992
41 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. lau, j. collector number: 3639 Oahu BISH 7/1/1987
42 Melicope cinerea A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. Oahu BISH 10/3/1908
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