Biology:Diospyros hillebrandii
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Short description: Species of tree
| Diospyros hillebrandii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Genus: | Diospyros |
| Species: | D. hillebrandii
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| Binomial name | |
| Diospyros hillebrandii (Seem.) Fosberg
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Maba hillebrandii Seem. | |
Diospyros hillebrandii, is a species of flowering tree in the ebony family, Ebenaceae, that is endemic to the islands of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi in Hawaii.[2] Its common name, Ēlama, also means torch or lamp in Hawaiian.[3] Ēlama is a small to medium-sized tree, reaching a height of 4–10 m (13–33 ft).[2] It can be found in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 150–760 m (490–2,490 ft).[4]
References
- ↑ "Type Information and Synonyms for Diospyros hillebrandii". Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/nomendata.cfm?presentgenus=Diospyros&presentepithet=hillebrandii&presentrank1=&presentepithet1=. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Diospyros hillebrandii (Seem.) Fosberg". Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Diospyros&species=hillebrandii. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Samuel H. Elbert (1986). Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. University of Hawaii Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-8248-0703-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=bHdRhjL9Y9EC.
- ↑ "lama, elama". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20070702123706/http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=lama. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5279622 entry
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