Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Santalum ellipticum
Collector Name:
Natalia Tangalin
Collection Date:
June 14, 2009
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Hanalei District
Locality:
Napali Coast State Park, Nualolo Kai, on ledge of the Northwest facing back wall of the valley.
Plant Description:
Single small shrub about 3 ft. tall. Only one observed. Stem red-brown w/ lateral tan fissures. Leaves thick and leathery. New leaves spoon shaped w/ slight purple tint. Leaves dull-green w/ yellow-green margins.
Phenology:
Bud, immature fruit
Habitat:
Coastal Cliff Mixed Shrubland on weathered lava wall above Dry Leucaena dominant shrubland.
Associated Species:
w/ Myoporum, Schiedea apokremnos, Leucaena, Melia, Stachytarpheta, Bidens, Lipochaeta connata, Santalum, Artemisia australis, Nototrichium sandwicense, Bidens, Pluchea, Lantana, Adiantum, Euphorbia celastroides var. hanapepensis, Myoporum, Eragrostis variabilis, Panicum fauriei, Chenopodium oahuense, C. murale, Andropogon, Plumbago zeylanica, Vitex rotundifolia, Indigofera, Momordica charantia, Plantago lanceolata, Adiantum hispidulum
Date of Record Creation:
December 14, 2016
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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