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Hairyfruit chewstick

Gouania hillebrandii

Hairyfruit chewstick
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Hawaiian Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Gouania hillebrandii, also known as hairyfruit chewstick, is an endangered species of Gouania that is endemic to Hawaii. It formerly could be found on Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, but is today restricted to western Maui near Lahaina. It inhabits dry forests at elevations of 244–518 m (801–1,699 ft). Hairyfruit chewstick is a single branched shrub with small, white flowers.

The plant is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.

Other Gouania plants

Gouania australiana · Whiteroot · Smoothfruit chewstick · Oahu chewstick · Chewstick

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gouania hillebrandii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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