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Hawaiian nesoluma

Sideroxylon polynesicum

Also called Island nesoluma, Keahi

Hawaiian nesoluma
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Hawaiian Is., Cook Is. (Mangaia), Tubuai Is. (Rapa Iti)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Sideroxylon polynesicum, the keahi or island nesoluma, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in the Cook (New Zealand), Tubuai (French Polynesia), and Hawaiian Islands (United States). It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Sideroxylon plants

Sideroxylon acunae · Alachua bully · Sideroxylon altamiranoi · Sideroxylon anomalum · Sideroxylon bullatum · Sideroxylon canariense · Sideroxylon cartilagineum · Saffron plum · Sideroxylon contrerasii · Espejuelo · Sideroxylon dominicanum · Sideroxylon durifolium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sideroxylon polynesicum 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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