Melicope cruciata
pilo ʻula
As recorded: Melicope cruciata (A.Heller) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Sapindales › Rutaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.; et al.
- Collector number
- Collector Number: 10771
- Date
- 1930
- Locality
- Na Pali-Kona Forest Reserve, NW end of Alakai Swamp woods
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- 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
Melicope cruciata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2023-01-15.
2023-01-15
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2015-01-21
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2009-06-02
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2005-12-31
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2005-12-30
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Melicope cruciata. BISH 67211. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956549509. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/67211.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956549509 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026