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Pritchardia maideniana (Hawai'i pritchardia)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pritchardia affinis, the Hawai'i pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Wild populations currently exist on the leeward side of the Island of Hawaiʻi. It was most likely cultivated by Native Hawaiians, so its exact native range is uncertain. P. affinis reaches a height of 10–25 m (33–82 ft). It is threatened by rats and pigs, which damage the trees and eat the seeds before they can grow. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Its fruit was reportedly the preferred food of the now-extinct ula-ai-hawane—a niche that has been seemingly filled by the introduced lavender waxbill.
View Wikipedia Record: Pritchardia maideniana

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Pritchardia maideniana

Attributes

Flower Color [1]  Green
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Black
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [1]  Medium
Frost Free Days [1]  1 year
Growth Form [1]  Bunch
Growth Period [1]  Year Round
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Cutting, Seed
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  60 feet (18.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Screening - Summer [1]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [1]  Moderate

Predators

Cephrenes augiades (Orange palmdart)[3]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0