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§1 Plant
Psydrax odorata (G. Forst.) A.C. Sm. & S. Darwin
vernacular alahe'e — species · Rubiaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Psydrax
§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
- Fire
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Soil texture
- fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 49 ft
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- 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/PSOD ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2893185 ↗Record version
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