PI 47223

Name	PI 47223
Alias	N/A
GRIN ID	PI 47223
Type	Wild Unimproved
Species	Kokia drynarioides
Description	A tree, 4 to 8 meters high, woody throughout, with membranous, nearly glabrous, cordate, five to seven lobed leaves on long petioles, and bright red flowers, of silky texture, on stout peduncles, single in the axils of the upper- most leaves. The thick, woody, ovoid capsule, about an inch in length, contains several obovoid seeds which are covered with a reddish brown tomentum. Of this exceedingly interesting species there has been only one tree in existence up to a few months ago. This same tree, which was declared dead, still showed some signs of life and produced a few capsules with mature seeds; but this is evidently the last, only a small branchlet having produced a few leaves. A few seeds of this tree have been sent to Washington to the Bureau of Plant Industry [S. P. I. No. 393541; thus it is hoped still to perpetuate this most interesting plant. Several trees were found on the west end of Molokai, at Mahana; all are now dead, owing to ravages of cattle, sheep, and goats, which eat off the bark and leaves.
Origin Country	United States
Origin Detail	Hawaii, United States
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Comments	Presented by Mr. J. F. Rock. Received March 10, 1919. ‘From Pukoo, Japulehu, Molokai.’ {Rock.) (Adapted from Rock, The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands, p. 307.) ‘ Seeds from a seedling tree given to Mr. C. C. Conradt, of Pnkoo, Molokai, in 1911. The tree has flowered and fruited this season for the first time; it bore five seeds—three of which I planted here, and two I have sent to you. The original tree on Molokai [parent of Mr. Conradt's tree] is dead.’ (Letter of Mr. Rock, April U h 1919.)
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Database	Accession
GRIN	PI 47223