General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dodonaea TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Ākē (RR), ‘Ake (MG) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE pantropical and subtropical COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Land, lowlands - mountains (+++) KEY FEATURES: Variable shrub, locally to 2m (elsewhere to 6m). Branches ascending. LEAVES alternate, ascending, oval, to 10x3cm, edge smooth, tip sharp, glossy green; stalk 1cm. FLOWERS in small terminal clusters to 5cm, without petals; plants unisexual; MALE small to 5mmØ, ~8 stamens, sepals 4; FEMALE small to 3mmØ, styles ~3, to 9mm; flowers sometimes bisexual. FRUIT (=capsules) reddish, with 2-3 longitudinal wings. Wind dispersed.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++	++	-	-	-	-	-		-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Dodonaea viscosa Jacquin
SYNONYMS: Ptelea viscosa Linnaeus 1753; Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. [more common author]; Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. [less common author]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Sapindales; SAPINDACEAE

GENERAL NOTE: A wind-dispersed species.

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.1227 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.536 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.394 Hortus 3rd
p.377 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.876 Tropica
p.3/615 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.275 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.70 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.354d Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands
p.123 McCormack/Kunzle - Rarotonga's Mountain Tracks and Plants

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM03a, zD02, zupD05b

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