Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_myrsine_punctata
Kōlea
Myrsine punctata
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About Kōlea
A much-branched shrub with dull green, slightly fleshy small leaves crowded on upper shoots. Fine remote teeth occur in the upper half, and conspicuous long lower-surface secretory lines are absent. Small axillary flower clusters develop into rounded purplish-black drupes. 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
- Myrsine punctata
- Hawaiian names
- kōlea
- Other names
- Myrsine punctata · kōlea
- 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. The reviewed account does not specify petal color. Preserve the absence of long dark secretory streaks.
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; Many-branched shrubs 1-3 m tall; branches brown to dark reddish brown, glabrous.
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 much-branched shrub with dull green, slightly fleshy small leaves crowded on upper shoots. Fine remote teeth occur in the upper half, and conspicuous long lower-surface secretory lines are absent. Small axillary flower clusters develop into rounded purplish-black drupes. 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.