Oahu Pilo Kea (Melicope cornuta var. cornuta)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Rutaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 159382
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

The Oahu Pilo Kea is smaller shrub with a few branches with white/cream-colored flowers. The flowers grow in clusters of up to 15 and mature into capsule fruits.

Where is Oahu Pilo Kea (Melicope cornuta var. cornuta) located in the wild?

Habitat:

This shrub species prefers to grow in habitats of wet montane forests.

Distribution:

It is endemic to the Ko'olau Mountains of Oahu with less than 50 individuals.

States & Provinces:

Oahu Pilo Kea can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Oahu Pilo Kea (Melicope cornuta var. cornuta)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Clarice Mendoza

09/01/2017

The species' ecological threats include predation by feral pigs and competition for resources with introduced alien species.