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Plant Profile

`Ohe Mauka (Polyscias oahuensis)

Flower buds or fruit, round & smooth with burgundy tips, on tree Photo Credit: Waimea

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Araliaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 136425
Lifeform: Shrub, Tree
Date Inducted in National Collection: 05/28/1986

Description:

The most variable species of this endemic genus, Tetraplasandra oahuensis has large pinnate compound leaves with 7 to 15 leaflets, the lowest opposite pair usually smaller than the rest. Leaf surfaces are dull. The petiole is about the same length as the rachis. Sap is clear. The black to purple fruits are presented on umbels for bird dispersal.

Where is `Ohe Mauka (Polyscias oahuensis) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Mesic to wet forest, 240-1,520 meters elevation (Wagner et al 1999).

Distribution:

On all main islands except Ni`ihau and Kaho`olawe (Wagner et al. 1999).

States & Provinces:

`Ohe Mauka can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve `Ohe Mauka (Polyscias oahuensis)?

Waimea Arboretum Foundation

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

David Orr

01/01/2010

Habitat destruction. Weed competition

David Orr

01/01/2010

None known.

David Orr

01/01/2010

Seed storage protocols. Much taxonomic research is needed.