Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Banisteriopsis caapi
Collector Name:
David H. Lorence
Collection Date:
August 7, 2013
Observers:
John Dransfield, Soejatme Dransfield
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Makawao District
Locality:
Haiku region, Merwin palm collection on Kulike Road, past turnoff from Haumana Road, which is at mile 16 marker of Hana Highway (Hwy 36).
Plant Description:
Vine in understory covering large areas, also climbing in trees and shrubs to several meters; stems woody; glands on lower leaf surface orange. Sterile, spreading vegetatively but being eradicated.
Habitat:
Cultivated palm forest and secondary forest, valley bottom with dry stream.
Associated Species:
W/ Mangifera indica, Pandanus tectorius, naturalized palms including Archontophoenix, Caryota, Dypsis, Phoenix and Ptychosperma spp., and herbaceous weedy understory.
Date of Record Creation:
May 5, 2017
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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