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Antidesma pulvinatum
mehame
As recorded: Antidesma pulvinatum Hillebr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Phyllanthaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.; Murashige; KerrOtto Degener →Kerr →T. Murashige →
- Collector number
- 20152
- Date
- September 5, 1949
- Locality
- Along Saddle Road 7 mi from Hilo
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 610 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 5, 1949, Degener, O.; Murashige; Kerr also collected 8 other specimens.
Antidesma pulvinatum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-10-07.
2025-10-07
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) premota, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2015-08-27
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Evenhuis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Antidesma pulvinatum. BISH 49153. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956353841. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/49153.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956353841 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026