Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Acacia koa
Collector Name:
David H. Lorence
Collection Date:
March 14, 1988
Observers:
Brien Meilleur
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
South Kohala District
Locality:
"Koaia Forest Preserve" along Highway 250 (Hawi-Waimea), at several miles NW of Waimea.
Plant Description:
Low trees 2.5-4 m tall, boles 15-25 cm dbh, canopy low, almost touching ground, dense and rounded; sometimes root-suckering. Pods green. Some regeneration occurring, juvenile foliage heterophyllous. Many branches parasitized by Korthalsella. (Acacia koaia Hillebrand)
Habitat:
Relic forest of Acacia surrounded by pastureland.
Comments:
Leaf material removed for molecular study by Matt Levin, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717. April 2002
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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