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Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
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Global Range: Diospyros sandwicensis is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands; it is documented from all of the main islands except Ni'ihau and Kaho'olawe (Wagner et al. 1990).
Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii.
Mostly in dry and mesic forests. (J. Lau, 2003)
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Physical Description
Type Information
Catalog Number: US 2062364
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): O. Degener & A. B. Greenwell
Year Collected: 1952
Locality: Along ditch trail, W slope of Pelolu Valley., Maui, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
Elevation (m): 457 to 457
- Isotype: St. John, H. 1986. Phytologia. 59: 399.
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Catalog Number: US 2156407
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): O. Degener & E. Ordonez
Year Collected: 1940
Locality: 0.75 mi SW of Hokunui, Nawiliwili, summit ridge, Kaua`i, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
- Isotype: St. John, H. 1986. Phytologia. 59: 397.
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Catalog Number: US 2333313
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): O. Degener & E. Ordonez
Locality: 0.75 mi SW of Hakunui, Nawiliwili, Kaua`i, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
- Isotype: St. John, H. 1986. Phytologia. 59: 397.
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Catalog Number: US 1758704
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): O. Degener, -. Ordonez & -- Forster
Year Collected: 1939
Locality: N side of Kaluanui Valley., Honolulu, O`ahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
- Isotype: St. John, H. 1986. Phytologia. 59: 394.
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Catalog Number: US 3335707
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): O. Degener & T. Murashigo
Year Collected: 1949
Locality: N of Halawa Valley., Maui, Moloka`i, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
- Isotype: St. John, H. 1986. Phytologia. 59: 395.
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Catalog Number: US 1758723
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): O. Degener & E. Ordonez
Year Collected: 1940
Locality: 3/4 mi SW of Hokunui., Kaua`i, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
- Isotype: St. John, H. 1986. Phytologia. 59: 397.
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Ecology
Habitat
Comments: Diospyros sandwicensis is scattered to dominant in some types of dry to mesic forest and also extends to wet forest. It occurs at elevations between 5 and 1,220 meters (Wagner et al. 1990).
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Diospyros sandwicensis
No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Diospyros sandwicensis
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Barcode data: Diospyros ferrea
No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Diospyros ferrea
Public Records: 6
Specimens with Barcodes: 15
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Reasons: Diospyros sandwicensis occurs on most of the main Hawaiian Islands and occurs in a wide range of habitats.
Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii.
D. sandwicensis is a dominant in many dry and dry-mesic native forests. These forests are threatened by alien plants, alien animals, and fire.
Mostly in dry and mesic forests.
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Threats
Comments: These forests are threatened by alien plants, alien animals, and fire.
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Wikipedia
Diospyros sandwicensis
Diospyros sandwicensis is a species of flowering tree in the ebony family, Ebenaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. Its common name, Lama, also means enlightenment in Hawaiian. Lama is a small to medium-sized tree, with a height of 6–12 m (20–39 ft) and a trunk diameter of 0.3 m (0.98 ft).[1] It can be found in dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of 5–1,220 m (16–4,000 ft) on all major islands.[2] Lama and olopua (Nestegis sandwicensis) are dominant species in lowland dry forests on the islands of Maui, Molokaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, and Lānaʻi.[3]
Uses [edit]
The sapwood of lama is very white and forms a wide band inside the trunk. The heartwood is reddish-brown, fine-textured, straight-grained, and extremely hard.[1] Native Hawaiians made aukā (upright supports) out of lama wood, which were used in hīnaʻi (basket fish trap) construction. The white sapwood represented enlightenment, and thus had many religious uses. The pou (posts), ʻaho (thatching sticks) and oʻa (rafters) of a special building called a hale lau lama were made of the sapwood. A pā lama is a fenced enclosure made from lama sapwood. A block of the sapwood, covered in a yellow kapa and scented with ʻōlena (Curcuma longa), was placed on the kuahu (altar) inside of a hālau hula (building in which hula was performed). This block represented Laka, goddess of hula. The piʻoi (berries) are edible.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Lama" (PDF). Common Forest Trees of Hawaii (Native and Introduced). United States Forest Service.
- ^ "lama, elama". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ^ The Nature Conservancy – Hawaiʻi Operating Unit (March 2004). Kānepuʻu Preserve Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Long-Range Management Plan Fiscal Years 2005–2010 (PDF). Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources Natural Area Partnership Program. p. 3. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ Medeiros, A. C.; C.F. Davenport; C.G. Chimera (1998). Auwahi: Ethnobotany of a Hawaiian Dryland Forest (PDF). Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. pp. 26–27.
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