Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Dicotyledon
   Anacardiaceae -- The Mango Family Bibliography
      Schinus terebinthifolia
General Information
DistributionNative to Brazil.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Midway, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i.
















Habit
 Shrubs or trees 1-7 m tall.
Leaves
 Leaves with 2-3(-6) pairs of opposite leaflets, these elliptic to rarely oblanceolate, 1.5-7.5 cm long, 0.7-3.2 cm wide, terminal leaflet larger than lateral ones, glabrous, margins entire to serrate or crenate, the rachis distinctly winged.
Flowers
 Sepals deltate, ca. 0.7-0.8 mm long; petals white, oblong to ovate, 1.2-2.5 mm long; style 1; stigmas 3.
Fruit
 Drupes red, 4-6.5 mm in diameter.
Chromosomes
 2n = 60.