Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Literature for Cheirodendron trigynum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Cheirodendron trigynum subsp. helleri
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Cheirodendron trigynum subsp. trigynum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999.
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      Cheirodendron trigynum
General Information
DistributionHawaiian Islands.
Habit
Trees 5-15 m tall.
Leaves
Leaflets 3-5(-7), coriaceous to chartaceous, ovate, elliptic to broadly ovate, or occasionally somewhat obovate, the largest, central one 5-15(-18) cm long, usually 1/2 to sometimes nearly as wide, veins flat on upper surface (slightly sunken in dried material), margins somewhat thickened, entire to serrate-crenate, the teeth strongly curved upward and in toward the margins, glandular, usually less than 1 mm long, apex rounded, obtuse, or occasionally emarginate to caudate-acuminate, base broadly cuneate to rounded or subtruncate, petioles 5-12 cm long, petiolules 1-3(-4) cm long, subterete.
Flowers
Inflorescences up to 20(-24) cm long, pedicels 1.5-6 mm long; ovary 2-4(5)-carpellate; styles 2-4(5), 1-2 mm long, distinct or connate up to ca. 1/2 their length and then forming a short, conical stylopodium, the distinct arms divergent to spreading.
Fruit
Fruit ovate to circular or subglobose, laterally compressed, weakly 3-4(5)-sided (strongly ribbed when dry), 5-8 mm long (incl. styles).
Chromosomes
2n = 24