Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Hernandia nukuhivensis
Collector Name:
David H. Lorence
Collection Date:
July 17, 2003
Other Herbarium:
P, PAP, US
Observers:
Liloa Dunn, K. R. Wood, Toti Teikiehuupoo
Island Group:
MARQUESAS ISLANDS
Locality:
Anakooma river valley just ESE of Oave peak.
Plant Description:
Canopy tree reaching 20 m x 1 m dbh, bark brown, warty. Leaves with green petiole and blade, midrib pale green. Fallen fruit with fleshy dark pink cup completely enclosing single black, ribbed beaked seed.Regenerating abundantly. Localized population along stream, c. 340-370 m.
Habitat:
Secondary wet forest along stream.
Associated Species:
Inocarpus fagifer dominant, also Pandanus, Hernandia nukuhivensis, Cocos, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Musa, Cyclophyllum, Glochidion and Mangifera with understory of ferns and Coffea arabica.
Date of Record Creation:
July 20, 2011
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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