Biology:Rauvolfia sandwicensis
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Short description: Species of plant
| Rauvolfia sandwicensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Rauvolfia |
| Species: | R. sandwicensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.
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Rauvolfia sandwicensis, the devil's-pepper,[1] also known as hao in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed family, Apocynaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a shrub, a small tree reaching 6 m (20 ft) in height, or, rarely, a medium-sized tree up to 12 m (39 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of 0.3 m (0.98 ft).[2] Hao inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 100–500 m (330–1,640 ft).[3]
References
- ↑ "Rauvolfia sandwicensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RASA3. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Hao, Hawaiian rauvolfia". United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Rauvolfia_sandwicensis.pdf.
- ↑ "hao". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. https://archive.today/20070503231005/http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=hao. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7296269 entry
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