Diospyros hillebrandii

"Elama" redirects here. For the closely related species found throughout the main Hawaiian Islands, see Diospyros sandwicensis.

Diospyros hillebrandii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ebenaceae
Genus:	Diospyros
Species:	D. hillebrandii
Binomial name
Diospyros hillebrandii (Seem.) Fosberg
Synonyms
Maba hillebrandii Seem. Ebenus hillebrandii (Seem.) Kuntze Diospyros ferrea var. hillebrandii (Seem.) Bakh.f.[1]

Diospyros hillebrandii, is a species of flowering tree in the ebony family, Ebenaceae, that is endemic to the islands of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi in Hawaii.^[2] Its common name, Ēlama, also means torch or lamp in Hawaiian.^[3] Ēlama is a small to medium-sized tree, reaching a height of 4–10 m (13–33 ft).^[2] It can be found in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 150–760 m (490–2,490 ft).^[4]

References

1. ^ "Type Information and Synonyms for Diospyros hillebrandii". Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/nomendata.cfm?presentgenus=Diospyros&presentepithet=hillebrandii&presentrank1=&presentepithet1=. Retrieved 2009-11-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Diospyros hillebrandii (Seem.) Fosberg". Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Institution. http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Diospyros&species=hillebrandii. Retrieved 2009-11-12. 
3. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Samuel H. Elbert (1986). Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. University of Hawaii Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780824807030. http://books.google.com/books?id=bHdRhjL9Y9EC&source=gbs_navlinks_s. 
4. ^ "lama, elama". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=lama. Retrieved 2009-11-12. 

External links

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