Nothocestrum latifolium

Nothocestrum latifolium
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Nothocestrum
Species:	N. latifolium
Binomial name
Nothocestrum latifolium A.Gray
Synonyms
Nothocestrum subcordatum H.Mann[2]

Nothocestrum latifolium, commonly known as Broadleaf ʻaiea, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, that is endemic to Hawaiʻi. It can be found in dry and mesic forests at elevations of 460–1,530 m (1,510–5,020 ft) on the islands of Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, and Kauaʻi.^[3] Broadleaf ʻaiea is threatened by habitat loss. The CDP of ʻAiea on Oʻahu was named after this species.^[4]

Uses

Native Hawaiians used the soft, greenish wood of ʻaiea to make pale (gunwales) for waʻa (outrigger canoes) and ʻaho (thatching sticks).^[5]

References

1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Nothocestrum latifolium. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
2. ^ "Nothocestrum latifolium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=30629. Retrieved 24 June 2010. 
3. ^ "ʻaiea, halena". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=aiea. Retrieved 03-22-09. 
4. ^ Medeiros, AC (Spring 2003). "The Pū ʻOlē ʻOlē" (PDF). Native Plants (Native Plants Network): 51. http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org/Content/Articles/4-1NPJ48-51.pdf. 
5. ^ Medeiros, A. C.; C.F. Davenport; C.G. Chimera (1998) (PDF). Auwahi: Ethnobotany of a Hawaiian Dryland Forest. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. http://www.hear.org/naturalareas/auwahi/ethnobotany_of_auwahi.pdf. 

External links

Media related to Nothocestrum latifolium at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Nothocestrum latifolium at Wikispecies

• Barboza, Rick (2008-11-21). "Rarity bears aromatic blossoms". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. http://www.starbulletin.com/features/inthegarden/20081121_in_the_garden.html.