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Auwahi melicope

Melicope adscendens

Also called Alani

Auwahi melicope
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (E. Maui: Auwahi)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Melicope adscendens is a rare species of flowering plant in the citrus family known by the common name auwahi melicope. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Maui. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Like other Hawaiian Melicope, this species is known as alani.

Other Melicope plants

Melicope accedens · Melicope affinis · Ballou's melicope · Yellow evodia · False Euodia · Waianae Range melicope · Manena · Melicope clemensiae · Melicope confusa · Melicope contermina · Pilo 'ula · Kokee Stream melicope

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melicope adscendens 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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