8-614: Mahoe is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Alectryon macrococcus , or ʻalaʻalahua, a species of tree in the soapberry family endemic to Hawaii Hibiscus elatus , synonym Talipariti elatum , or blue mahoe, a species of tree in the mallow family native to the Caribbean Melicytus ramiflorus , a tree endemic to New Zealand Other Melicytus trees in New Zealand [REDACTED] Index of plants with
16-475: A single black seed embedded in a red, fleshy aril . Their leaves are each made up of oval-shaped, asymmetrical, net-veined leaflets. Variety auwahiensis has leaflets with rusty-red undersides. The fruits contain a seed with a bright red aril . More than a century ago, it was noted that Native Hawaiians ate the fleshy, insipid and slightly sweet arils and mildly flavored seeds. native Hawaiians . The seeds also attract rats, whose consumption of them prevents
24-492: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This rosid tree article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sapindales See text Sapindales / s æ p ɪ n ˈ d eɪ l iː z / is an order of flowering plants . Well-known members of Sapindales include citrus ; maples , horse-chestnuts , lychees and rambutans ; mangos and cashews ; frankincense and myrrh ; mahogany and neem . The APG III system of 2009 includes it in
32-674: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alectryon macrococcus Alectryon macrococcus , known as ʻAlaʻalahua or Māhoe in Hawaiian , is a slow-growing flowering tree in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae , that is endemic but manifests rarely in mesic forests of Kauai , Oahu , Molokai , and Maui Hawaii . The tree grows to a maximal height of about 10 meters with leaves 3 to 30 cm long with two to five pairs of elliptic pinnae . The pinnae are smooth, glossy and net-veined, 4 to 10 inches long and 2 to 5 inches. Fruits are from 1 to 3 inches in diameter with
40-543: The clade malvids (in rosids , in eudicots ) with the following nine families: The APG II system of 2003 allowed the optional segregation of families now included in the Nitrariaceae. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Rutaceae were placed in the order Rutales, in the superorder Rutiflorae (also called Rutanae). The Cronquist system of 1981 used a somewhat different circumscription, including
48-553: The following families: The difference from the APG III system is not as large as may appear, as the plants in the families Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae stay in this order at APG III (both included in family Sapindaceae). The species now composing the family Nitrariaceae in APG III also belonged to this order in the Cronquist system as part of the family Zygophyllaceae, while those now in the family Kirkiaceae were present as part of
56-773: The plants of this endangered species from reproducing. The black twig borer ( Xylosandrus compactus ) destroys the twigs. Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis has been found growing naturally only (endemic) in Maui, where it grows in Hawaiian tropical dry forests on the south slope of Haleakalā at elevations of 360–1,070 m (1,180–3,510 ft). It is threatened by habitat loss . Alectryon macrococcus var. macrococcus inhabits mesic forests at elevations of 365–1,035 m (1,200–3,400 ft) on Kauaʻi , Oʻahu , Molokaʻi and western Maui . [REDACTED] Media related to Alectryon macrococcus at Wikimedia Commons This Sapindales -related article
64-523: The same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name). If an internal link led you here, you may wish to edit the linking article so that it links directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahoe&oldid=1244707250 " Category : Set index articles on plant common names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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