Dicotyledon | Literature for Exocarpos gaudichaudii
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
Santalaceae -- The Sandalwood Family | Bibliography |
Exocarpos gaudichaudii | |
Common name(s): au, heau, hulumoa, kaumahana |
General Information | ||
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Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Ni`ihau, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
Habitat | Mesic forest and shrubland, rarely in wet forests | |
Elevation | 250-1550 m |
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Habit |
Small polygamous trees or sometimes shrubs (1.5-)2-5(-7) m tall; stems green, densely branched toward the tips, these stiff and erect. |
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Leaves |
Leaves primarily scale-like, but sometimes a few foliaceous ones present, the latter type narrowly to broadly elliptic or obovate, (30-)38-60(-75) mm long, 16-30(-40) mm wide, base attenuate, sessile. |
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Flowers |
Petals 4-5(6), green to yellowish green, 0.5-1 mm long. |
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Fruit |
Drupes green to greenish yellow at maturity, ellipsoid, 8-10(-11) mm long, the exposed portion above the receptacle 5-7 mm long, apex rounded and with a small terminal beak or 3 inconspicuous indentations, partially embedded in a bright red, fleshy receptacle. |
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Chromosomes |
2n = 20* |
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