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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands,
endemic to
Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui.
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| Habitat | Exposed or semishaded scrublands |
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Habit
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Usually 1–6 m in height.
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Leaves
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Leaves light, olive, to dark green,
chartaceous to coriaceous, narrowly to broadly ovate, to elliptic (rarely conduplicate-falcate), (3.4–)4.4–6.8(–8.4) cm long × (1.0–)1.6–3.1(–4.9) cm wide; leaf lateral veins apparent on
both surfaces of the leaf, yellowish to dark purple; petioles (3.9–)7.4–15.4(–21.7) mm long.
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Flowers
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Inflorescences fairly dense to dense, terminal or axillary; bracts 1–4 mm in length, not persistent; floral tubes (3.4–)4.2–8.0(–11.2) mm long × (1.9–)2.3–3.5 (–4.0) mm wide; pedicels (1.0–)1.5–2.9(–4.0) mm long; corolla lobes (2.0–)3.0–4.4(–4.8) mm long × (1.8–)1.9–2.7(–3.8) mm wide.
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Fruit
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Drupe 10–16 mm long.
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Contributor
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Nancy Khan
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