Rauvolfia sandwicensis
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Rauvolfia sandwicensis
| Rauvolfia sandwicensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Rauvolfia |
| Species: | R. sandwicensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC. |
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Rauvolfia sandwicensis, 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).[1] Hao inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 100–500 m (330–1,600 ft).[2]
References
- ^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989) (PDF). 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. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=hao. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
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