Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_melicope_degeneri
Alani
Melicope degeneri
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About Alani
A small shrub with dense yellow-brown felt on new growth and opposite leathery elliptic leaves. Leaves are rounded or shallowly notched at the tip and hairy beneath, especially along the midrib. Small axillary flower clusters are reported, but floral anatomy is unknown. The capsule is cube-like, with completely united carpels. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Melicope degeneri
- Hawaiian names
- alani · alani kuahiwi
- Other names
- Melicope degeneri · alani · alani kuahiwi
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Do not invent flower anatomy or color, seed color, or mature capsule color. Use verified foliage, pubescence and cuboid capsule geometry.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Small shrubs, new growth densely yellowish brown tomentose.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A small shrub with dense yellow-brown felt on new growth and opposite leathery elliptic leaves. Leaves are rounded or shallowly notched at the tip and hairy beneath, especially along the midrib. Small axillary flower clusters are reported, but floral anatomy is unknown. The capsule is cube-like, with completely united carpels. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.