Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Diospyros sandwicensis
Collector Name:
Natalia Tangalin
Collection Date:
July 26, 2012
Observers:
Michelle Clark
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Hanalei District
Locality:
NaPali Coast State Park, back of Kalalau Valley, Upper reaches of stream in East side of Valley. On ridge above and to the west of Pterlayxia falls.
Plant Description:
Large tree, 15 ft. tall on East side of ridge. New leaves red-brown below. Leaf tips down-curved, older leaves red-brown below shinny dark to yellow-green above and dull green below. Fruit yellow. Bark dark. Flower thick petals, urn shaped, cream color w/ red-brn tinge to petal margins.
Habitat:
Diverse Mesic Forest
Associated Species:
W/ Metrosidros poymorpha, Acacia koa, Dicranopteris, Myporum, Freycinetia, Zanthoxylum dipetalum, Pisonia, Pouteria sandwicensis, Psychotria mariniana, Diospyros hillebrandii, D. sandwicensis, Pleomele aurea, Psydrax odorata, Aleurites moluccana, Aleurites overstory, midstory of Psidium guajava, ground of Clidemia, Nephrolepis, Christella parasitica, Kalanchoe, Blechnum appendiculatum.
Date of Record Creation:
December 3, 2015
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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