.svg)
Herbarium Search Engine
Search the NTBG Herbarium Database
Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Melicope puberula
Barcode:
PTBG1000034017
Specimen ID:
S062732
Collector ID:
2412
Collector Name:
Natalia Tangalin
Collection Date:
October 8, 2010
Herbarium Name:
PTBG
Observers:
K. R. Wood
Region:
Hawaii
Country:
US
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Island:
Kauai
State:
HI
County:
Kauai County
District:
Waimea District
Elevation:
1194
Locality:
End of Camp 10 Road, on plateau above parking area, just before Circle Bog drop into drainage of Waikoale. Narrow wet gulch w/ Selaginella and moss covered walls.
Plant Category:
dicot
Plant Description:
Tree 20 ft tall. Lvs dk green, margins revolute, bark moss covered. Fruit dark purple w/ hairs on outside. Leaf covered in light brown below, leaf convex. Stems w/ brown hairs. Seeds 1-2 per segment, black w white at attachment point.
Habitat:
Metrosideros-Dicranopteris-Cheirodendron Wet Montane forest.
Associated Species:
With Syzgium, Leptecophylla, Melicope clusifolia, Elaeocarpus, Psychotria, Viola wailenalenae, Stenogyne purpurea, Dianella sandwicensis, Tetraplasandra, Rubus hawaiensis, Scaevola, Broussaisia, Alyxia, Coprosma, Broussaisia arguta, Cyanea fissa, C. hirtella, Huperzia, Dryopteris glabra var. pusilla.
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023