| Gouania vitifolia | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Gouania |
| Species: | G. vitifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Gouania vitifolia A.Gray, 1854[1] |
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Gouania vitifolia (also known as Oʻahu Chewstick) is an endangered species flowering plant in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a climbing shrub or woody vine. G. vitifolia inhabits dry, coastal mesic, and mixed mesic forests on Oʻahu (Waiʻanae Mounains), and the Island of Hawaiʻi (Kaʻū district). In 2007 there were no more than 64 plants left on Oahu and two populations with a total "numbering in the tens" on Hawaii.[2]