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Santalum involutum

H.St.John (1984)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Santalopsida Order: Santalales Family: Santalaceae Genus: Santalum

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Small tree, evergreen, usually 2–7 m in height. Apparently hemiparasitic on roots of other plants.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades linear elliptic (rarely conduplicate falcate); (4.6–)5.7–8.1(–8.2) cm long × (1.4–)1.5–1.7(–1.8) cm wide. Apex acute. Base cuneate. More glaucous and slightly lighter on the lower surface; evergreen, simple yellowish–green to grayish–green, chartaceous (often translucent), often drooping. Margins entire and involute. Lateral veins slightly apparent on adaxial surface; midvein yellowish. Petioles yellowish to pinkish, (7.0–)8.1– 16.3(–17.0) mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescences cymes, sparse terminal or axillary. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla greenish–white throughout (sometimes turning red with age); floral tubes campanulate to cylindrical, (5–)6–9(–11) mm long × 2–3 mm wide, without vertical keel below each corolla lobe; corolla lobes 4, concave with thickened margins, 3–4(–5) mm long × 1.5–3 mm wide. Stamens 4. Ovary inferior; stigma lobes 3.

Fruit: Drupes elliptic; with apical ring; 13–20 mm long. Seeds muricate; with pointed beak on one end.

Ploidy:

Habitat: In Diospyros mixed mesic forest or occasionally in <i>Metrosideros</i> wet forest.

Elevation Range: 120–750 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytologia 55: 220 (1984)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1221 (Syn. S. involutum = S. freycinetianum var. pyrularium); Harbaugh et al. 2010:835 (RESURRECT/K, KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 182 Kauai BISH 1977-04-09
2 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. Kauai BISH 2015-01-14
3 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dryland forest, with Metrosideros, Acacia koa, Elaeocarpus, Dicranopteris on ridge top. Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 38 Kauai BISH 1976-07-25
4 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet hillside Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 121 Kauai BISH 1977-01-21
5 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dryland forest of Diospyros ferrea Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 57 Kauai BISH 1976-08-28
6 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Kauai diverse mesic forest impacted by secondary invasive species w/ Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Pleomele sandwicensis, Diospyros sandwicensis, D. hillebrandii, Planchonella sandwicensis, Rauvolfia sandwicensis, Santalum involutum, Pteralyxia kauaiensis Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 16051 Kauai BISH
7 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dryland forest, with Metrosideros, Acacia koa, Elaeocarpus, Dicranopteris on ridge top. Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 38 Kauai BISH 1976-07-25
8 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet hillside Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 121 Kauai BISH 1977-06-21
9 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dryland forest, with Metrosideros, Acacia koa, Elaeocarpus, Dicranopteris on ridge top. Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 38 Kauai BISH 1976-07-25
10 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dryland forest, with Metrosideros, Acacia koa, Elaeocarpus, Dicranopteris on ridge top. Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 38 Kauai BISH 1976-07-25
11 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Ohia Lowland Mesic Forest. Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Dodonaea viscosa, Dianella sandwicensis, Gahnia beecheyi, Andropogon sp., Poa siphonoglossa Preserved_Specimen Williams, A.M. 567 Kauai BISH 2019-04-24
12 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Aleurites non-native forest and relictual Diospyros-Nestegis mesic forest with Psychotria mariniana, P. greenwelliae, Pandanus tectorius, Wikstroemia oahuensis, Freycinetia arborea, Ochrosia kauaiensis, Psydrax odorata, Rauvolfia sandwicensis, Pittosporum napaliensis, Santalu Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 17552 Kauai BISH 2017-10-18
13 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Ridges. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 182 Kauai BISH 1977-04-09
14 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry lower forest. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 13946 Kauai BISH 1934-01-01
15 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest, with Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, Melicope clusiifolia, Ilex anomala, Syzygium sandwicensis, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Dodonaea viscosa, Santalum involutum. Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 15828 Kauai BISH 2014-02-12
16 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Lowland Wet Fern Forest Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Clidemia hirta, Schinus terebinthifolius, Psychotria mariniana, Andropogon sp., Melinis minutiflora, Hibiscus kokio subsp. Saintjohnianus Preserved_Specimen Williams, A.M. 620 Kauai BISH 2019-12-09
17 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 26766 Kauai BISH 1960-08-22
18 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Koa forest Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 69 Kauai BISH 1976-10-18
19 Santalum involutum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dryland forest, with Metrosideros, Acacia koa, Elaeocarpus, Dicranopteris on ridge top. Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 38 Kauai BISH 1976-07-25
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