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Sicyos hispidus

Hillebr. (1888)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Sicyos

‘ānunu [anunu]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Climbing annual herbs.

Stems: Stems up to 6 m long, hirsute with multicellular glandular hairs.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades broadly ovate–cordate with a narrow basal sinus, 7–16 cm long, 7–18 cm wide, usually 5–angled or sometimes shallowly palmately 5–lobed. Apex abruptly long-acuminate, the narrow apex often breaking. Upper surfaces hispid; lower surfaces scabrid. Margins dentate. Petioles 4–7 cm long, glandular pubescent. Stipules absent; tendrils in the stipular position 2–3–branched, glandular pubescent.

Flowers: Flowers in staminate flowers in glandular pubescent panicles 2–10 cm long, peduncles 1.5–7 cm long, pedicels 3–7 mm long; pistillate flowers 6–12 per head, peduncles 0.5–1.8 cm long, hirsute with multicellular glandular hairs, pedicels 1–2 mm long. Flowers usually unisexual (and the plants monoecious or dioecious), actinomorphic. Calyx of 5 sepals, inserted on hypanthium. Corolla of staminate flowers greenish yellow, 5-lobed, 5–7 mm in diameter, glandular pubescent, petals inserted on hypanthium alternate with calyx lobes, usually connate at base, the limb often rotate; Corolla of pistillate flowers 5-lobed, perianth usually smaller than in staminate flowers. Stamens in staminate flowers (2)3(–5), inserted at base of hypanthium; filaments connate into a column; anthers curved or flexuous, coherent and twisted in a head, opening by longitudinal slits; pistillate flowers: staminodes absent. Ovary inferior, of a single carpel or 3-carpellate with carpels connate into a single 3-lobed cell; ovule 1, placentation parietal; stigma 3-lobed, the lobes reflexed.

Fruit: Fruit brown to black; ovoid; 6–8 mm long; 4–5 mm in diameter; outgrowths spreading; ca. 3 mm long; densely pilose with pale; multicellular; glandular hairs; indehiscent. Seeds ovate; endosperm absent.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in dry forest or alien vegetation.

Elevation Range: 0–800 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 136 (1888)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:577 (Mo, L, EM, H); Oppenheimer & Bartlett 2002:6 (WM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Sicyos hispidus Kaa; Kanepuu Growing at the edge of Osmanthus grove, with Sicyos hispidus Hillebr. & Cladocarpa munroi St. John. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5787 Lanai BISH 1976-03-31
2 Sicyos hispidus N Kona, 38 Km from Waimea along road to Kailua rocky slope, NW aspect; aa basalt, open, stunted Metrosideros, Prosopis Preserved_Specimen Telford, I.R.H. 19281 Hawaii BISH 1986-06-09
3 Sicyos hispidus West Maui, Lahaina, Papalaua headwaters, W fork mesic forest and shrubland; Metrosideros, Diospyros, Myrsine, Pleomele, Dodonaea, Wikstroemia, Leptecophylla, Alyxia, Dryopteris, Doryopteris, Doodia, Microlepia, Asplenium, Diellia, Smilax, Cenchrus, Panicum, Eragrostis, Trisetum, Carex, Luzula, Bidens, Erigeron, Adiantum, Ageratina, Lantana Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 40801 Maui BISH 2008-04-09
4 Sicyos hispidus North Kona, Belt road between Huehue and Puuwaawaa Rich dry forest of Diospyros sandwicensis and about 25 other tree species, on poorly weathered aa (clinker) flow. Preserved_Specimen Hatheway, W.H. 509 Hawaii BISH 1950-11-09
5 Sicyos hispidus Kahului, near airport Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 439 Maui BISH 1974-03-09
6 Sicyos hispidus Maunalei Preserved_Specimen Jacobi, J.D. 1979 Lanai BISH
7 Sicyos hispidus East Maui, Makawao District, above Kihei, below Puu o Kali cone lava Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1005 Maui BISH 1981-03-05
8 Sicyos hispidus Kaena Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 341 Lanai BISH 1914-04-25
9 Sicyos hispidus Kula Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. 13 Maui BISH
10 Sicyos hispidus Kahului near 200 Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 436 Maui BISH 1979-03-08
11 Sicyos hispidus Kanepuu Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 11 Lanai BISH 1927-05-28
12 Sicyos hispidus Maunalei Valley Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 5 Lanai BISH 1952-02-20
13 Sicyos hispidus North Kona Distr., land of Puuanahulu, Puuwaawaa Ranch at base of Puuanahulu Ridge near Mamalahoa Hwy Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5393 Hawaii BISH 1975-06-26
14 Sicyos hispidus Pohakea Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9893 Maui BISH 1927-07-11
15 Sicyos hispidus Kaa Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 399 Lanai BISH 1929-04-15
16 Sicyos hispidus East Maui, Makawao District, above Kihei, below Puu o Kali cone Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1003 Maui BISH 1981-03-05
17 Sicyos hispidus North Kona Distr., land of Puuanahulu, Puuwaawaa Ranch at base of Puuanahulu Ridge near Mamalahoa Hwy Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5393 Hawaii BISH 1975-06-26
18 Sicyos hispidus Kanepuu Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 11 Lanai BISH 1927-05-28
19 Sicyos hispidus North Kona Distr., land of Puuanahulu, Puuwaawaa Ranch at base of Puuanahulu Ridge near Mamalahoa Hwy Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5393 Hawaii BISH 1975-06-26
20 Sicyos hispidus Kahului Airport, near W end climbing in Leucaena thickets Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1291 Maui BISH 1982-03-03
21 Sicyos hispidus Kaena Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 87 Lanai BISH 1914-04-25
22 Sicyos hispidus Kalaupapa Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. Molokai BISH 1974-01-01
23 Sicyos hispidus East Maui, mauka of Puu o kali Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2064 Maui BISH 1984-04-19
24 Sicyos hispidus Kalaupapa Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. Molokai BISH 1974-03-10
25 Sicyos hispidus Kalaupapa Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. Molokai BISH 1974-01-01
26 Sicyos hispidus Kalaupapa Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. Molokai BISH 1974-01-01
27 Sicyos hispidus Wailuku Sugar Co Preserved_Specimen Judd, D.S. Maui BISH 1937-03-17
28 Sicyos hispidus Kaa Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Lanai BISH 1914-06-02
29 Sicyos hispidus Kaa Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Lanai BISH
30 Sicyos hispidus 7 miles east of Kaunakakai Town Preserved_Specimen Uchida, G. Molokai BISH 1990-04-25
31 Sicyos hispidus Kalaupapa Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. Molokai BISH 1974-03-01
32 Sicyos hispidus Below Mamahaloa Hwy, 2.4 mi from Huehue Ranch gate towards Waimea, N Kona Rare vine climbing 10' into Diospyros in old aa flow with Diospyros-Canthium-Lantana-Pennisetum association. Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 1751 Hawaii BISH 1978-07-28
33 Sicyos hispidus Kula Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Maui BISH
34 Sicyos hispidus unknown Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. BISH
35 Sicyos hispidus East Maui, Wailuku District, Kamaole. Sprawling on ground and climbing trees and shrubs in degraded and remnant Erythrina Dry Forest and pasture. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 21116 Maui BISH 2011-02-25
36 Sicyos hispidus Makawao, SW of Puu O Kali, Kekuawahaulaula in Keokea lowland dry forest; with Sida fallax, Capparis sandwichiana, Chenopodium, Waltheria, Argemone glauca, Nototrichium; in lava and in Erythrina Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 5124 Maui BISH 1996-04-23
37 Sicyos hispidus Puuwaawaa burn area, former dry forest of Diospyros; on Lantana; on aa clinker Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 4529 Hawaii BISH 1989-05-03
38 Sicyos hispidus W Maui, Lahaina District, West Maui Natural Area Reserve, Lihau section Growing in a gulch and on a slope N of the middle ridge. Common. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 49901 Maui BISH 1999-04-02
39 Sicyos hispidus East Maui, Makawao District, above Kihei, below Puu o Kali cone lava Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1002 Maui BISH 1981-03-05
40 Sicyos hispidus North Kona, Belt road between Huehue and Puuwaawaa Rich dry forest of Diospyros sandwicensis and about 25 other tree species, on poorly weathered aa (clinker) flow. Preserved_Specimen Hatheway, W.H. 509 Hawaii BISH 1950-11-09
41 Sicyos hispidus Puuwaawaa, near Hwy. 19 Pennisetum rangeland Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 8517 Hawaii BISH 1992-10-07
42 Sicyos hispidus Below Mamahaloa Hwy, 2.4 mi from Huehue Ranch gate towards Waimea, N Kona Rare vine climbing 10' into Diospyros in old aa flow with Diospyros-Canthium-Lantana-Pennisetum association. Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 1751 Hawaii BISH 1978-07-28
43 Sicyos hispidus N Kona, Puuwaawaa. Lava field 4 mi W of Puuanahulu Vine in weedy dry lava field. Preserved_Specimen Webster, G.L. 1873 Hawaii BISH 1948-06-21
44 Sicyos hispidus Maunalei Gulch, Aihualama lower talus slope, climbing Erythrina; Leucaena, Prosopis, Diospyros, Nesoluma, Plumbago, Sida, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leonotis Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50816 Lanai BISH 2008-05-29
45 Sicyos hispidus West Maui, Kanaha gulch mauka of Lahainaluna, S side in Leucaena, Erythrina and Sida Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2498 Maui BISH 1986-02-12
46 Sicyos hispidus Puuwaawaa burn area, former dry forest of Diospyros; on Lantana; on aa clinker Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 4529 Hawaii BISH 1989-05-03
47 Sicyos hispidus Kahikinui, Makee, above village site Festooning Leucaena shrubs on a dry open ridgetop. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1289 Maui BISH 1982-02-28
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