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.
Araliaceae -- The Ginseng Family	Bibliography
Cheirodendron trigynum

General Information
Distribution	Hawaiian 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