Biology:Streblus pendulinus

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Short description: Species of tree

Streblus pendulinus
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Aʻiaʻi on Maui
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Streblus
Species:
S. pendulinus
Binomial name
Streblus pendulinus
Synonyms

Pseudomorus brunoniana (Endl.) Bureau
Pseudomorus brunoniana var. sandwicensis (O.Deg.) Skottsb.
Pseudomorus sandwicensis O.Deg.
Streblus sandwicensis (O.Deg.) H.St.John[1]

Streblus pendulinus, commonly known as Hawai'i roughbush[2] or aʻiaʻi (Hawaiian language), is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, Moraceae, that is native to eastern Australia , Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It is usually a small tree or shrub, reaching a height of 12 metres (39 feet) with a trunk diameter of 0.6 m (2 ft). In Hawaii, it inhabits dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic and wet forests from sea level to an altitude of 1,675 m (5,495 ft).[3]

References

  1. "Streblus pendulinus (Endl.) F. Muell.". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=507441. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  2. "Streblus pendulinus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=STPE3. Retrieved 2 December 2015. 
  3. Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Aʻiaʻi, Hawaiian false-mulberry". Common Forest Trees of Hawaii (Native and Introduced) (United States Forest Service). http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Streblus_pendulinus.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7622752 entry