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Pipturus albidus (Waimea pipturus)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pipturus albidus, known as māmaki (sometimes waimea, for its resemblance to olomea) in Hawaiian and known as Waimea pipturus in English, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaiʻi. It inhabits coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of 60–1,830 m (200–6,000 ft). Māmaki is a small tree that reaches a height of 9 m (30 ft) and a trunk diameter of 0.3 m (0.98 ft).
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Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Fire Tolerance [1]  Medium
Frost Free Days [1]  1 year
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [1]  36 inches (91 cm)
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  9.84 feet (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
Foliage Color [1]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [1]  White

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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
3OBSERVATIONS ON DISTRIBUTION, DIET, AND BREEDING OF THE HAWAIIAN THRUSH, CHARLES van RIPER III AND J. MICHAEL SCOTT, Condor, 81:65-71, 1979
4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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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