Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Collector Name:
David H. Lorence
Collection Date:
June 20, 2001
Other Herbarium:
NPSAS, US
Observers:
A. Stone, S. Banack, Vaiuli Malaga, Mapou
Island Group:
SAMOAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Trail from above Leaumasili Point toward Piumafua Mountain along Alei ridge, south of Sili Uta village site abandoned since 1981; elevation. c. 200-245 m. Transect 5.
Plant Description:
Giant shrub or sprawling tree 6 m tall with tangled multiple stems, bark stringy. Flowers yellow, brick red when fallen. Locally abundant, indigenous. Samoan name: fau
Habitat:
Secondary and disturbed primary wet forest on ridge.
Associated Species:
Ficus, Diospyros, Tarenna, Inocarpus, Syzygium, Flacourtia, Alphitonia, D ysoxylum, Myristica, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Rhus taitensis, etc . on deep brown soil.
Date of Record Creation:
September 14, 2011
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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