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| Distribution | Pantropical.In the Hawaiian Islands,
naturalized on
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Maui, Kaho`olawe.
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Habit
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Stems prostrate or ascending, somewhat succulent, up to 5 dm long, sometimes more, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
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Leaves
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Leaves flat, elliptic to obovate or spatulate, 1-2(-4) cm long, 0.4-2(-3) cm wide, margins entire, apex obtuse or retuse, base rounded to cuneate, petioles 0.5-2.5 cm long, expanded into a sheath connate with opposing leaf base to form a cup.
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Flowers
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Flowers solitary, sessile, largely hidden in leaf axils; sepals adnate to leaf base, the lobes linear to narrowly deltate, 4-5 mm long, inner surface pink or white, sparsely pubescent externally; ovary cylindrical; style ca. 2 mm long.
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Fruit
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Operculum truncate, 2-3 mm long, with a prominent raised, denticulate rim along outer side.
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Seeds
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Seeds dull black, reniform, 1.5-2 mm wide, weakly ridged.
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Chromosomes
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2n = 26, 28.
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