| Melicope puberula | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Melicope |
| Species: | M. puberula |
| Binomial name | |
| Melicope puberula (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone |
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Melicope puberula (hairy melicope)[1] is a species of plant in the Rutaceae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Like other Hawaiian Melicope, this species is known as alani.[2] In 2010 it was added to the endangered species list of the United States.[2]
This shrub is endemic to the island of Kauai where it grows in wet forests and bogs. There are an estimated 900 individuals remaining.[2]