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§1 Plant
Myoporum sandwicense (A. DC.) A. Gray
vernacular naio — species · Myoporaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Myoporaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Myoporum
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Native
§2b
County-level range
· 4 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 40 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 365 min.
- Precipitation
- 60–130 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.1–7.8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 15 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 45 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 4 counties across 1 state.
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MYSA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3172651 ↗Record version
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