Dicotyledon | Literature for Scaevola chamissoniana
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
Goodeniaceae -- The Goodenia Family | Bibliography |
Scaevola chamissoniana | |
Common name(s): naupaka, naupaka kuahiwi |
General Information | ||
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Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
Habit |
Shrubs or occasionally small trees 1.5-2.5 m tall. |
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Leaves |
Leaves broadly oblanceolate, 9-14 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, margins usually toothed on the distal 1/2-2/3, apex acute-acuminate, base acuminate, petioles 1-3 cm long. |
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Flowers |
Flowers very fragrant, (3-)7-15 or more in open cymes 100-150 mm long, these as long as or longer than leaves, peduncles 40-110 mm long, with paired narrowly oblanceolate bracteoles 3-10 mm long subtending the pedicels; calyx minute; corolla white, often with purple lines on inner surface, glabrous, the tube (17-)24-30 mm long, the lobes (8-)12-15(-18) mm long, winged; stamens ± as long as corolla tube; style 27-30 mm long. |
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Fruit |
Fruit dark purplish black, ovoid, 12-14 mm long, 6-8 mm in diameter, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
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Chromosomes |
2n = 16* |
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