Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_myrsine_denticulata
Kōlea
Myrsine denticulata
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About Kōlea
A small, much-branched shrub with closely spaced small narrow leaves, conspicuously brown-dotted. Fine teeth occur only in the upper third of slightly rolled margins. Pale yellow-green flowers grow singly or in pairs among the leaves. Rounded drupes ripen purplish black. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Myrsine denticulata
- Hawaiian names
- kōlea
- Other names
- Myrsine denticulata · kōlea
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Floral sexuality is uncertain in the account; do not assert dioecy as established.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Small many-branched shrubs 0.8-1.5 m tall; branches reddish brown to dark purplish brown, young ones brown short-hirtellous.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A small, much-branched shrub with closely spaced small narrow leaves, conspicuously brown-dotted. Fine teeth occur only in the upper third of slightly rolled margins. Pale yellow-green flowers grow singly or in pairs among the leaves. Rounded drupes ripen purplish black. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.