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NTBG Plant Name:
Piper methysticum
Barcode:
PTBG1000100959
Specimen ID:
096645
Collector ID:
669
Collector Name:
Miles K. Thomas
Collection Date:
May 20, 2024
Other Herbarium:
BISH,CAS
Determiner:
Miles K. Thomas (BISH) May 2024
Observers:
N. Walvoord, R. Chang, USFWS
Region:
Hawaii
Country:
US
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Island:
Oahu
State:
HI
County:
Honolulu County
Elevation:
325
Locality:
Manana. Central Koolau Mountains. Growing in gulch bottom. Area apparently destroyed by pigs.
Plant Category:
dicot
Plant Description:
Large solitary plant up to 3m tall. Internodes long, plant green with few lenticels at nodes. Possibly awa nene.
Habitat:
Lowland mesic-wet forest.
Associated Species:
dominated by Dicranopteris linearis, Biancaea decapetala, Ardisia elliptica, Acacia koa, Psidium cattleianum, Schinus terebinthifolius, Phaius tanervilleae, Blechnum appendiculatum, and others.
Date of Record Creation:
February 10, 2026
Date of Last Update:
February 10, 2026