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Kauai pteralyxia

Pteralyxia kauaiensis

Also called Makou

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (Kaua‘i)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pteralyxia kauaiensis, also called Kaulu or Kauaʻi pteralyxia, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation. There are no more than 1000 individuals remaining. It is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pteralyxia kauaiensis 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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