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Species: Abutilon mauritianum (Jacq.) Medik. Date: 2007-07-13 Location: Near Hippo House, Gorongosa National Park Habitat: Floodplain grassland with some Faidherbia albida
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Kooloa ulaMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsKamoku, LnaiWe could find only one spent flower on all the bushes.Early Hawaiians used the flowers in lei making. The juice of the red blossoms was used as a laxative.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Abutilon_menziesii
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Species: Abutilon mauritianum (Jacq.) Medik. Date: 2007-07-13 Location: Near Hippo House, Gorongosa National Park Habitat: Floodplain grassland with some Faidherbia albida
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Kooloa ulaMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)The velvety foliage of a rare blond or butter colored form of kooloa ula.* Flower
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5094505672/in/photostream/Abutilon menziesii is known from 10 sub-populations on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lnai and Oahu, with a total population size of 450-500 individuals.Early Hawaiians used the flowers in lei making. The juice of the red blossoms was used as a laxative.EtymologyThe generic name Abutilon is derived from the Arabic awbtln (ab ln), for malvaceous (mallow-like) plants.The species epithet menziesii refers to Archibald Menzies (1754-1842) a Scottish surgeon and naturalist, and the first to taxonomically identify the species._____* Kooloa ula. Although the Hawaiian name ula refers to the more commonly seen red (ula) color, kooloa ula flowers are known in a range of colors: pink, pink and white, pale red, maroon, deep purplish-red (wine), salmon, and blond or butter.
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Species: Abutilon mauritianum (Jacq.) Medik. Date: 2007-07-13 Location: Near Hippo House, Gorongosa National Park Habitat: Floodplain grassland with some Faidherbia albida
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Species: Abutilon mauritianum (Jacq.) Medik. Date: 2007-07-13 Location: Near Hippo House, Gorongosa National Park Habitat: Floodplain grassland with some Faidherbia albida
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Species: Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. Date: 2010-01-08 Location: On path to campsite, Sinamatella, Hwange NP Habitat: Open ground
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Species: Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. Date: 2010-01-08 Location: On path to campsite, Sinamatella, Hwange NP Habitat: Open ground
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Species: Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. Date: 2010-01-08 Location: On path to campsite, Sinamatella, Hwange NP Habitat: Open ground
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Species: Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. Date: 2010-01-08 Location: On path to campsite, Sinamatella, Hwange NP Habitat: Open ground
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Species: Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. Date: 2010-01-08 Location: On path to campsite, Sinamatella, Hwange NP Habitat: Open ground
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Species: Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. Date: 2010-01-08 Location: On path to campsite, Sinamatella, Hwange NP Habitat: Open ground
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Species: Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. Date: 2010-01-08 Location: On path to campsite, Sinamatella, Hwange NP Habitat: Open ground
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at edge of steep, east facing road cut in volcanic rhyolitic tuff above the Barranca Batopilas, with Perityle batopilensis, Commicarpus scandens, Mirabilis viscosa, Brahea aculeata, Nolina matapensis.
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below pouroff on steep volcanic tuff cliff face in lower canyon, with Commicarpa scandens, Celtis iguanea, Agave vilmoriniana, Eysenhardtia orthocarpa. Site now destroyed by new paved highway to Batopilas.
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This rare and endangered plant is endemic to the Wai'anae mountains of western Oahu. By 2010, the USFWS reported 137 mature plants in 18 populations (http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3799.pdf). Note large shrub in photo. Shrubs usually reach 1.5-3m in height, occasionally as high as 6m.
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This rare and endangered plant is endemic to the Wai'anae mountains of western Oahu. By 2010, the USFWS reported 137 mature plants in 18 populations (http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3799.pdf). Note solitary, pendulous flowers.
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This rare and endangered plant is endemic to the Wai'anae mountains of western Oahu. By 2010, the USFWS reported 137 mature plants in 18 populations (http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3799.pdf).
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This rare and endangered plant is endemic to the Wai'anae mountains of western Oahu. Note solitary and pendulous flowers. Also note calyx softly pubescent and pale greenish yellow at 3-4cm length. Petals vary from bright green to reddish brown
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This rare and endangered plant is endemic to the Wai'anae mountains of western Oahu. Note solitary and pendulous flowers. Also note calyx softly pubescent and pale greenish yellow at 3-4cm length. Petals vary from bright green to reddish brown
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This rare and endangered plant is endemic to the Wai'anae mountains of western Oahu. Petals vary from bright green to reddish brown with green veins.
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This rare and endangered plant is endemic to the Wai'anae mountains of western Oahu. Petals vary from bright green to reddish brown with green veins.