| Dicotyledon | Literature for Strongylodon ruber
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Fabaceae -- The Pea Family | Bibliography |
| Strongylodon ruber | |
Common name(s): ka `i`iwi, nuku, nuku `i`iwi |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Glabrous lianas with herbaceous branches. |
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| Leaves |
Leaflets membranous, chartaceous when dry, broadly ovate to broadly rhombic-ovate or ovate, the lateral ones usually asymmetrical, 6.5-12.5 cm long, 3.8-10.5 cm wide, triplinerved, with several additional pairs of lateral veins, tertiary venation reticulate, both surfaces glabrous, apex short-caudate or long-caudate, petioles 6-10 cm long, stipels linear, 2-6 mm long, stipules ovate or deltate, 2-5 mm long, persistent. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers usually 2-3 per cluster, in pendulous pseudoracemes 25-45 cm long, pedicels 15-45 mm long; calyx campanulate, 6-9 mm long, upper 2 lobes connate into an emarginate lip, the others 1.5-2.2 mm long, margins overlapping at base; corolla bright scarlet, standard 33-37 mm long, wing petals 15-20 mm long, keel petals 30-36 mm long; ovules usually 2. |
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| Fruit |
Pods obliquely ovoid or ellipsoid to oblong-ellipsoid, often sigmoid, 8-12 cm long, 4.5-6 cm wide, apparently indehiscent. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds 1-2, black, subglobose, compressed, 2.3-3.3 cm in diameter, the hilum 1/3-1/2 the circumference of the seed. |
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