Streblus pendulinus

Streblus pendulinus, commonly known as Hawai'i roughbush[2] or aʻiaʻi (Hawaiian language), is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, Moraceae, that is native to eastern Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It is usually a small tree or shrub, reaching a height of 12 metres (39 feet) with a trunk diameter of 0.6 m (2 ft). In Hawaii, it inhabits dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic and wet forests from sea level to an altitude of 1,675 m (5,495 ft).[3]

Streblus pendulinus
Aʻiaʻi on Maui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Streblus
Species:
S. pendulinus
Binomial name
Streblus pendulinus
Synonyms

Pseudomorus brunoniana (Endl.) Bureau
Pseudomorus brunoniana var. sandwicensis (O.Deg.) Skottsb.
Pseudomorus sandwicensis O.Deg.
Streblus sandwicensis (O.Deg.) H.St.John[1]

References
  1. "Streblus pendulinus (Endl.) F. Muell". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Streblus pendulinus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Aʻiaʻi, Hawaiian false-mulberry" (PDF). Common Forest Trees of Hawaii (Native and Introduced). United States Forest Service. Retrieved 27 November 2009.

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