Rauvolfia sandwicensis

Rauvolfia sandwicensis, the devil's-pepper,[1] also known as hao in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed family, Apocynaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a shrub, a small tree reaching 6 m (20 ft) in height, or, rarely, a medium-sized tree up to 12 m (39 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of 0.3 m (0.98 ft).[2] Hao inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 100–500 m (330–1,640 ft).[3]

Rauvolfia sandwicensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Rauvolfia
Species:
R. sandwicensis
Binomial name
Rauvolfia sandwicensis

References
  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rauvolfia sandwicensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Hao, Hawaiian rauvolfia" (PDF). United States Forest Service.
  3. "hao". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2009-11-18.

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