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Myrsine punctata

(H.Lév.) Wilbur (1965)

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: Many-branched shrubs or small tree 1–3 m tall.

Stems: Branches brown to dark reddish brown, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades oblanceolate or linear–oblanceolate to elliptic or linear–elliptic, 0.6–2.5(–6) cm long, 0.3–1.6 cm wide. Apex acute to occasionally rounded, occasionally minutely notched. Base attenuate. Surfaces glabrous or with a few minute hairs near base; medium green, dull, closely spaced along the upper branches, slightly fleshy. Margins remotely denticulate or serrulate in upper half, occasionally subentire, slightly revolute. Midrib prominent, lateral veins usually obscure, lower leaf surface without conspicuous secretory lines, or if present, small and confined to lower portion of blade. Petioles 1–3 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in pedicels 3–5 mm long, glabrous. Flowers apparently bisexual (perfect), 2–6 in bracteolate fascicles among and below the leaves. Calyx 4–5(6)-lobed, usually deeply so, the lobes imbricate or valvate in bud, punctate or with secretory lines, lobes ca. 0.4–0.5 mm long, margins ciliate. Corolla of 4–5(6) petals; petals linear–oblanceolate, the lobes nearly distinct or connate up to ½ their length, imbricate in bud, ca.2–2.5 mm long, glabrous, margins ciliate. Anthers ca. 1.5 mm long, apex with a minute tuft of hairs. Ovary superior, glabrous, 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; globose; ca. 7–8 mm in diameter. Seeds 1 per fruit; small; dark colored; subglobose; excavated at base.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Diverse mesic forest to wet forest and margins of bogs.

Elevation Range: 1,160–1,280 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: Pacific Sci. 19: 522 (1965)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:944 (K, O)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details arid slopes Preserved_Specimen shrub Takeuchi, W.N. 3454 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
2 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with Dicranopteris- Diplopterygium-Sticherus matting ferns with Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Vaccinium calycinum, Broussaisia arguta, Kadua affinis, Peperomia hesperomannii, Gahnia vitiensis kauaiensis, Coprosma elliptica, Melicope cluusiifolia, M. Preserved_Specimen tree, 2 m tall, thickly branched, in bud, common Wood, K.R. 15506 Kauai BISH 2013-05-09
3 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosidero-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest bordered by riparian vegetation w/ w/ Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, Coprosma kauaiensis, Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Ilex anomala, Myrsine wawraea, Scaevola procera, S. glabra, Broussaisia arguta, Labordia w Preserved_Specimen Tree, 3 m tall, many branched, stems brown-black. w/ orange-pink flower buds, occasional. Wood, K.R. 18162 Kauai BISH 2019-04-10
4 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with Dicranopteris- Diplopterygium-Sticherus matting ferns with Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Vaccinium calycinum, Broussaisia arguta, Kadua affinis, Peperomia hesperomannii, Gahnia vitiensis kauaiensis, Coprosma elliptica, Melicope cluusiifolia, M. waialealae, Preserved_Specimen tree, 2.5 m tall, very bushy, fruit purple-black Wood, K.R. 15525 Kauai BISH 2013-05-23
5 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Only 2 ft. high Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 1480 Kauai BISH 1986-01-29
6 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forest Preserved_Specimen Plant 1 m. tall; flowers salmon color Higashino, P.K. 1561 Kauai BISH 1971-04-09
7 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet Forest Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1.5 m. tall, berries black Fosberg, F.R. 12772 Kauai BISH 1936-01-03
8 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open bog with stunted Metrosideros, grasses, sedges, Drosera, etc. Preserved_Specimen Small, much-branched shrub Herbst, D.R. 2178 Kauai BISH 1971-10-03
9 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros, dense shrub Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 102 Kauai BISH 1983-04-11
10 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details open forest Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub MacDaniels, L.H. 782 Kauai BISH 1927-02-18
11 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open Metrosideros mesic forest with adjacent transitional wet forest. W/ Kadua affinis, Dicranopteris, Myrsine linearifolia, Scaevola procera, Xylosma hawaiiense, Cyrtandra paludosa, Lysimachia sp, Santalum pyrularium, Dubautia laevigata, Psychotria mariniana, Coprosma Preserved_Specimen Tree, 2 m tall, full branched, no flower or fruit, with M. Lessertiana, M. kauaiensis, M. linearifolia Wood, K.R. 14730 Kauai BISH 2011-07-28
12 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In woods Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3382 Kauai BISH 1926-06-25
13 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details bordering bog Preserved_Specimen 2-3 m shrub; young branches dark purple; leaves dark green above, light green below; fruit black van Royen, P. 11705 Kauai BISH 1977-09-01
14 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist open valley floor Preserved_Specimen Shrub 3 m. tall, fruit black. Fosberg, F.R. 12748 Kauai BISH 1936-01-01
15 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In forest in fairly deep shade Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 1471 Kauai BISH 1986-01-29
16 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 446 Kauai BISH 1910-02-01
17 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris wet forest, summer mesic w/ Planchonella, Bobea brevipes, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dodonaea, Kadua affinis, M. clusiifolia, M. anisata, Psychotria greenwelliae & P. mariniana, Zanthoxylum dipetalum, Nestegis, Preserved_Specimen Tree, 3 m tall, w/ immature fruit, occasional Wood, K.R. 18597 Kauai BISH 2020-11-25
18 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details montane bogs w/ mixed sedges and grasses including Rhynchospora chinensis spiciformis, R. rugosa lavarum, Dichanthelium, Deschampsia, Machaerina, herbs of Plantago pachyphylla, Viola, shrubs of Metrosideros, Dubautia waialealae, D. imbricata acronaea, D. laxa hirsuta, Cheirodendron dominii, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, bogs dissected w/ riparian veg of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest Preserved_Specimen shrub or small tree, 1.5 m tall, corolla yellow-green, with flower and fruit, uncommon Wood, K.R. 11684 Kauai BISH 2005-12-30
19 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory Preserved_Specimen Shrub; 1.5 m tall Warshauer, F.R. 3351 Kauai BISH 1981-05-05
20 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest 5-8 m tall, steep slopes of Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, & Sticherus, dissected by riparian vegetation. W/ Broussaisia, Myrsine spp, Leptechophylla, Smilax, Syzygium, Stenogyne, Astelia, Vaccinium spp, Melicope clusiifolia, M. kavaiensis, Cibotium spp, Sadleria spp, Athyrium microphyllum, Lobelia villos Preserved_Specimen tree, 1.5 m tall, stems brown with reddish tinge, leaves dark green, mature fruit purple, occasional with Myrsine lesstertiana Wood, K.R. 14317 Kauai BISH 2010-09-28
21 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Trematolobelia population Preserved_Specimen Shrubby, to 3 ft. Flynn, T.W. 1479 Kauai BISH 1986-01-29
22 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet forest Preserved_Specimen Small, much branched shrub Herbst, D.R. 2391 Kauai BISH 1972-04-25
23 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Small, much branched shrub Herbst, D.R. 2391 Kauai BISH 1972-04-25
24 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 50 ft above stream. Diverse Mesic-Wet transitional forest. W/ Metrosideros, Dodonea, Melicope, Nestegis, Xylosma hawaiiense, Antidesma, Bobea, Alectryon macrococcus var. macrococcus, Pleomeles, Lipochaeta connata subsp. Connata, understory of ferns Preserved_Specimen Sterile. 12 ft. tall branches lax and thin. Underside of leaf w/ few hairs and glands Tangalin, N. 1462 Kauai BISH 2007-12-13
25 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubby, to 5 ft. Flynn, T.W. 1475 Kauai BISH 1986-01-29
26 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details see sheet for details; Tetraplasandra, Metrosideros, Styphelia, Syzygium, Planchonella, Elaeocarpus, Gouldia, Coprosma, Pelea, Pittosporum, etc Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 3215 Oahu BISH 1987-01-01
27 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 2.5 m shrub Takeuchi, W.N. 89 Kauai BISH 1983-01-12
28 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Atypically large leaves Skottsberg, C.J.F. 3006 Kauai BISH 1938-08-19
29 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 3 m tree Lamoureux, C.H. 2635 Kauai BISH 1964-03-30
30 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3383 Kauai BISH 1926-06-01
31 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 357 Kauai BISH 1909-08-01
32 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 447 Kauai BISH 1910-02-01
33 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 42 Kauai BISH 1982-10-30
34 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated species at wild site: Metrosideros polymorpha, Diospyros sandwicensis, Bidens torta, Alyxia stellata, Phyllanthus distichus, Scaevola gaudichaudii, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Dianella sandwicensis, Psidium cattleianum, Schinus terebinthifolius, Dorypteris decipiens, Eragrostis grandis, Ageratina adenophora. Preserved_Specimen Two plants were seen in 2010, but in 2016 only 1 plant found, 1.5 m tall. Ching, S. 2016063005 Oahu BISH 2016-06-30
35 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1640 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
36 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 4 ft. Perlman, S. 17 Kauai BISH 1978-04-26
37 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5605 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
38 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen in flower Takeuchi, W.N. 3462 Oahu BISH 1987-03-14
39 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1640 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
40 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Skottsberg, C.J.F. 3024 Kauai BISH 1938-08-19
41 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1909-09-06
42 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2341 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
43 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3383 Kauai BISH 1926-06-01
44 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5651 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
45 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Baxter, R.W. 63 Kauai BISH 1939-01-01
46 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 446 Kauai BISH 1910-02-01
47 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1990-05-05
48 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1990-05-05
49 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
50 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
51 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15407 Kauai BISH 1916-10-21
52 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 447 Kauai BISH 1910-02-01
53 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Skottsberg, C.J.F. Kauai BISH 1938-08-18
54 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1639 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
55 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5038 Kauai BISH 1983-08-30
56 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist open valley floor Preserved_Specimen Shrub 3 m. tall, fruit black. Fosberg, F.R. 12748 Kauai BISH 1936-01-01
57 Myrsine punctata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sunny, shrub-covered locality Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3384 Kauai BISH 1926-07-01
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