Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. obtusa (Fosberg) H. St. John, Phytologia 59: 394. 1986.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. f. f. obtusa Fosberg, Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 15(10): 127 1939.
O`ahu: crest of Ko`olau Mountains, Pupukea-Kahuku Trail, Hanakaoe, moist forest. 450 m. 31 May 1937. F.R. Fosberg and E.Y. Hosaka 14000.
Holotype
[BISH].
=Diospyros sandwicensis