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Flueggea neowawraea
Flueggea neowawraea
Mehamehame
Photographer: Eric White

ID: 0000 0000 0613 1747 (2013-06-19)

Copyright © 2013 Eric White

 
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  • date of photo  May 29, 2013
  • this photo depicts a plant that was cultivated or collected in the wild
  • photo location   Limahuli Garden, National Tropical Botanical Garden
  • plant's place of origin   Haena, Kauai (Hawaii, Kauai (Hawaiian Islands), US)
  • family Phyllanthaceae
  • plant community   Dry to mesic forest
  • notes   Endemic to Hawaiian Islands and now endangered and on the brink of extinction due to an invasive twig borer. Perhaps less than 30 trees exist. This plant was formerly in the Euphorbiaceae family but separated based on genetic studies by M.W. Chase, et al, 1993, Missouri Botanical Garden 80(3):528-580. Note pale green abaxial leaf surface show in this photograph.
  • camera   Nikon D80 Nikkor 60mm
  • photo category: Plant - tree

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Mehamehame (photographer)
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