Systematics of Vascular Plants, UH Manoa (HAW:BOT461)
Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl.
Celastraceae
Gordon, Devon
036
2018-11-29
USA, Hawaii, Honolulu, Koko Crater Botanical Garden
21.28566 -157.6816 +-10m. WGS84
100 meters (328ft)
30% shade, growing under a Prosopis pallida tree
Loose dry soil
Woody shrub about 3.m high. Opposite leaf arrangement, leaves obtuse and serrate, simple, glabrous and leathery. Young stems are green and turn reddish when older. Panicle inflorescence bares 5 petaled cup shaped flowers about 0.7 cm in diameter, with 5 stamens alternate to petals, 3 stigmas on a single style. Green connate calyx