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Cheirodendron trigynum (olapalapa)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cheirodendron trigynum, also known as ʻŌlapa or Common Cheirodendron, is a species of flowering plant in the ginseng family, Araliaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a medium-sized tree, reaching a height of 12–15 m (39–49 ft) and a trunk diameter of 0.6 m (2.0 ft). ʻŌlapa inhabits mixed mesic and wet forests at elevations of 310–2,190 m (1,020–7,190 ft) on all main islands, where it is an abundant understory epiphyte.
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Infraspecies

Cheirodendron trigynum helleri (Attributes)
Cheirodendron trigynum trigynum (Attributes)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Cheirodendron trigynum

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 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.
♦ 4OBSERVATIONS ON DISTRIBUTION, DIET, AND BREEDING OF THE HAWAIIAN THRUSH, CHARLES van RIPER III AND J. MICHAEL SCOTT, Condor, 81:65-71, 1979
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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