Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Diospyros sandwicensis
Collector Name:
David H. Lorence
Collection Date:
April 26, 1996
Observers:
Tim Flynn, S. Weller, G. & B. Henderson
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
North Kona District
Locality:
Ka`upulehu Preserve, at mile 28 along Hawaii Belt Road (Mamalahoa Hwy 190), ca. 10 miles E of Kailua-Kona.
Plant Description:
Tree 5 m with dense canopy, trunk 12 dm diam., bark black. Dioecious, female flowers fragrant, with pink corolla. Fruit red when ripe, fleshy, seed brown. Dominant, endemic.
Habitat:
Dry forest over a`a lava flow.
Associated Species:
With Diospyros sandwicensis, Santalum paniculatum, Sophora chrysophylla, and Colubrina oppositifolia.
Date of Record Creation:
March 5, 2014
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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