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Gouania meyenii
Gouania meyenii is a rare, endangered shrub from Hawaii, known only from Oahu and Kauai, with perhaps 38 to 63 individuals left in the wild. It grows in dry or moist forest and shrubland and is not a common garden plant.
Gouania meyenii is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common name smoothfruit chewstick or Meyen's gouania. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from Oahu and Kauai. It is estimated that there are between 38 and 63 individuals of this species remaining in the wild. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
This is a shrub with stems growing erect or spreading and growing up to 7 feet (2.1 m) in height. The leaves have oval blades up to 7 centimeters long by 4.5 wide borne on short petioles. The inflorescence is a cyme of several flowers with tiny white petals and slightly larger white sepals no more than 3 millimeters long. The small winged fruit contains brown seeds.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gouania meyenii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
