Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_melicope_knudsenii
Alani
Melicope knudsenii
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About Alani
Alani (Melicope knudsenii) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Medium-sized tree 3–13 m tall with a smooth gray trunk and densely yellow-brown to olive-brown woolly young growth.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomy, nativity, island-level occurrence, growth form, names, and source conservation assessments are documented in the 2026 census audit. Broader ecology and conservation recommendations still require claim-level source review. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Melicope knudsenii
- Common names
- alani
- Hawaiian names
- Alani
- Other names
- alani · Melicope knudsenii · Evodia knudsenii · Pelea knudsenii · Pelea knudsenii var. multiflora · Pelea multiflora · Pelea tomentosa
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Order
- Sapindales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Endangered; U.S. source status: Endangered
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld. Growth-form tags describe the taxon across its range, not a measured Kauaʻi population. Checklist source statuses are not a new legal-status determination.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Dry/mesic forest
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Tree
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Possible extinction/extreme rarity, habitat loss, fire, weeds
- Conservation actions
- Status review, ex situ search, habitat protection
- Monitoring
- Status review, ex situ search, habitat protection
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- Alani (Melicope knudsenii) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Medium-sized tree 3–13 m tall with a smooth gray trunk and densely yellow-brown to olive-brown woolly young growth.
