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Melicope rotundifolia

(A.Gray) 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

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Scandent shrubs, new growth finely puberulent, becoming glabrate.

Stems: Stems 1–3(–6) m long.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite or rarely whorled (3 per node). Blades broadly ovate, broadly elliptic, or suborbicular, 6–13 cm long, 5–11 cm wide. Apex rounded, ± emarginate. Base cordate. Surfaces glabrous; blades coriaceous. Margins strongly revolute, margins entire. Primary lateral veins usually 8–15 pairs, connected by an arched vein 2–10 mm from margin, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 0–5(–10) mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 3–5(–11) in finely puberulent, axillary cymes to 3–4 cm long, peduncles 6– 10 mm long, pedicels 4–7 mm long, bracteoles subulate–ovate, minutely puberulent, bracts small, opposite. Calyx of 4 sepals; sepals imbricate, staminate flowers with sepals ovate, 3.5–4 mm long, sparsely puberulent or glabrate, pistillate flowers with sepals ovate, 2–2.5 mm long, very sparsely minutely puberulent or glabrate. Corolla of 4 petals, valvate, staminate flowers petals deltate, 7–9 mm long, pistillate flowers petals deltate, 6–6.5 mm long, glabrate. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, distinct, reduced but always present in functionally pistillate flowers. 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, staminate flowers ovary densely puberulent; style sparsely short–pilose, ca. 2 mm long, pistillate flowers ovary densely puberulent.

Fruit: Capsules 25–35 mm wide; carpels connate 1/5–⅓ their length; 12–17 mm long; ± slightly recurved; exocarp sparsely puberulent; endocarp glabrous or sparsely pilose. the carpels dehiscing along the upper suture; exocarp. Seeds usually 2 per carpel; 6–7 mm long. 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 mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range: 360–760 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 122 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1203 (O [as Pelea rotundifolia]); Hartley & Stone 1989:122 (COMBNOV, Syn. P. rotundifolia = M. rotundifolia)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3905 Oahu BISH 1959-08-01
2 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2850 Oahu BISH 1924-09-07
3 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 987 Oahu BISH 1909-01-07
4 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 209 Oahu BISH 1864-01-01
5 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1479 Oahu BISH 1910-03-17
6 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 82 Oahu BISH 1909-01-23
7 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 174 Oahu BISH 1910-04-01
8 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 16021 Oahu BISH 1919-09-01
9 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1466 Oahu BISH 1910-03-15
10 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1908-08-16
11 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 3026 Oahu BISH 1909-05-15
12 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 3026 Oahu BISH 1909-05-15
13 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1641 Oahu BISH 1911-02-14
14 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Russ, G.W. Oahu BISH 1930-04-01
15 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1324 Oahu BISH 1920-04-20
16 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1324 Oahu BISH 1909-04-20
17 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 3026 Oahu BISH 1909-05-15
18 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 989 Oahu BISH 1909-01-09
19 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 517 Oahu BISH 1931-01-01
20 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1909-01-16
21 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen U.S. Exploring Expedition Oahu BISH 1840-01-01
22 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Oahu BISH
23 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1908-10-25
24 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Oahu BISH 1945-11-04
25 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Russ, G.W. Oahu BISH 1929-10-01
26 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1909-01-20
27 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist gulch Preserved_Specimen Small trees or large shrub. Stone, B.C. 1187 Oahu BISH 1956-03-11
28 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details thicket on divide Preserved_Specimen scandent shrub, 2m. long; blades shiny, coriaceous, pale green beneath St.John, H. 20326 Oahu BISH 1943-02-21
29 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Intermediate moist Preserved_Specimen Sprawling plant, 8 ft high Nishida, T. Oahu BISH 1943-12-12
30 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain-forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 10576 Oahu BISH 1936-02-15
31 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In company with Metrosideros and Dicranopteris Preserved_Specimen 5ft tree, leaves strongly anise-scented Nagata, K.M. 82 Oahu BISH 1966-04-02
32 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details low moist forest, ohia zone Preserved_Specimen vine climbing on trees; lvs coriaceous, above dark shiny green, below green; fr. colad 2/3 way. St.John, H. 20386 Oahu BISH 1943-12-12
33 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Ozaki, E.T. 56 Oahu BISH 1952-12-14
34 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. 369 Oahu BISH 1956-03-04
35 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 16021 Oahu BISH 1917-09-01
36 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH
37 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1238 Oahu BISH 1909-01-23
38 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet native forest Preserved_Specimen Shrub, 7 ft tall, sparsely foliated, w/ long, thin branches, leaves w/ conspicuous inrolling Takeuchi, W.N. 195 Oahu BISH 1984-06-03
39 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Woods Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 12766 Oahu BISH
40 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain-forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8572 Oahu BISH 1932-07-03
41 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist woods Preserved_Specimen 8 ft. shrub, capsule deeply lobed, the lobes divergent or reflexed St.John, H. 13058 Oahu BISH 1933-04-15
42 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain-forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8497 Oahu BISH 1931-11-11
43 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 4 m. loose shrub Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 24798 Oahu BISH 1952-03-16
44 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros forest Preserved_Specimen Vine-like Grant, M.L. 7245 Oahu BISH 1934-08-07
45 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Ridge top Preserved_Specimen Sparingly-branche shrub to 10 ft high, branches long, ascending. Leaf margin often inrolled; mature capsules reflexed. Nagata, K.M. 1583 Oahu BISH 1978-02-14
46 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tree, 10 ft tall Kondo, Y. Oahu BISH 1951-07-14
47 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Upper rain forest Preserved_Specimen Small tree, 8 ft tall Ozaki, E.T. 56 Oahu BISH 1952-12-14
48 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scrubby Metrosideros forest Preserved_Specimen Woody shrub, 6 ft tall Urata, U. Oahu BISH 1952-12-14
49 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wooded ridge Preserved_Specimen half climbing or sprawling shrub, 2-5 m. tall, common. Foliage oderless, stems with resinous odor. St.John, H. 12105 Oahu BISH 1932-09-25
50 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wooded ridge Preserved_Specimen 20 ft. shrub. St.John, H. 13033 Oahu BISH 1933-03-29
51 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub 2.7 m tall, w/ buds Chock, A.K. 447 Oahu BISH 1952-03-16
52 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tree Shinohara, B. 242 Oahu BISH 1947-05-11
53 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Single stalk emergent from tall uluhe Imada, C. 2507 Oahu BISH 1985-10-06
54 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Middle forest Preserved_Specimen Shrub, 8 ft tall Donaghho, W.R. Oahu BISH 1947-03-02
55 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sparsely foliated 8 ft shrub, next to Gardenia mannii; only fertile specimen seen Takeuchi, W.N. 2494 Oahu BISH 1985-10-05
56 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 577 Oahu BISH 1908-11-21
57 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2003 Oahu BISH 1914-10-27
58 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 269 Oahu BISH 1920-02-29
59 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Gillett, G.W. 1466 Oahu BISH 1964-02-06
60 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 470 Oahu BISH 1927-01-27
61 Melicope rotundifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stems reddish; leaves dark glossy above; lighter & duller beneath. Infl, axillary, 2-3 fld. Pedicels faintly reddish. Odor mild, not anise. Stone, B.C. 3483 Oahu BISH 1960-05-06
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