| Dicotyledon | Literature for Melicope spathulata
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Rutaceae -- The Rue Family | Bibliography |
| Melicope spathulata | |
Common name(s): pilo kea |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Shrubs or shrubby trees 2-4(-12) m tall, trunk up to 20 cm in diameter; branches spreading, leafy toward apex, glabrous or yellowish brown pubescent on new growth and inflorescences. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves usually paler on lower surface, coriaceous, spatulate to oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate, rarely elliptic, usually 10-50 cm long, 2.5-20 cm wide, lateral veins subopposite, ascending, straight ca. 3/4 their length, then dividing to unite with the distinct submarginal vein, glabrous or lower surface puberulent, especially on veins, margins entire, sometimes slightly revolute, apex rounded to obtuse, acute, or sometimes acuminate, base rounded to obtuse or acute, petioles (0-)10-95 mm long. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers 3-5 in axillary cymes, peduncles 0-30 mm long, pedicels 6-30 mm long, bracts ovate-subulate or deltate; sepals broadly ovate, 8-10 mm long, subpersistent, ciliolate, otherwise glabrous, or sparsely to densely puberulent; petals slightly spreading at anthesis, oblong-ovate or oblong-obovate, 14-21 mm long; ovary 4-lobed, ± puberulent, usually becoming glabrate, carpels connate adaxially throughout their length; style ca. 9 mm long, subclavate; stigmas linear. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit subglobose, 20-35 mm in diameter, 4-lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, carpels erect, connate throughout, separating at various places during development, adnate to summit, apex rounded. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds 5-8 per cell, funicles short, endocarp glabrous. |
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