Polyscias sandwicensis

Polyscias sandwicensis
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Polyscias
Species:	P. sandwicensis
Binomial name
Polyscias sandwicensis (A.Gray) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett
Synonyms[2]
Reynoldsia sandwicensis A.Gray

Polyscias sandwicensis, known as the 'ohe makai^[3] or ʻOhe kukuluāeʻo in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the ivy family, Araliaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a tree, reaching a height of 4.6–15 m (15–49 ft) high with a trunk diameter of 0.5–0.6 m (1.6–2.0 ft).^[4] It can be found at elevations of 30–800 m (98–2,625 ft) on most main islands. Polyscias sandwicensis generally inhabits lowland dry forests, but is occasionally seen in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests.^[5] It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Reynoldsia sandwicensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 March 2014.
2. "Polyscias sandwicensis (A.Gray) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
3. "Reynoldsia sandwicensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
4. Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "ʻOhe makai, Hawaiian reynoldsia" (PDF). Common Forest Trees of Hawaii. United States Forest Service. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
5. "ohe makai". Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2009-11-23.

External links

Media related to Reynoldsia sandwicensis at Wikimedia Commons

• "Reynoldsia sandwicensis". Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.