Hippobroma longiflora
Location Collected: 4th Street of Ohmine, Kolonia
Date Collected: Dec. 06,99
Collected by: Emiso Weilbacher
Synomym:
- Genus species: Hippobroma longiflora
- Family:
- English name: Star of Bethlehem
- Chuukese name:
- Kosraen name:
- Pohnpeian name:
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- Growth form: herb
- Growth location: terrestrial
- Growth environment: grows wildly along the roads of
- Growth zone: tropical
- Average height: 30- 36.8 cm long
- Stem: not woody, green, smooth
- Leaf arrangement: simple, alternate
- Stipule: absent
- Petioles: sessile
- Leaf blade: Linear to oblanceolate shape, 7.8 cm - 17.5 cm, acute tip, Green in color,
pinnate venation, doubly serrate margin
- Inflorescence: panicle usually comprised of two to three flowers
- Floral bracts: none
- Flower: actinomorphic to rotationally symmetric,dioecious or a male and female flower
found in the same plant, slaverform, white in color
- Calyx: green, top part seperates into five and bottom is fused and reduced to a cup-like
structure surrounding the ovary
- Corolla: fused white corolla with five lobes
- Stamens: monadelphous,1.0-1.5 cm long
- Ovary: inferior
- Style: a compound pistil or syncarpous,1.0-1.5 cm long
- Fruit: green, ovate, 3.8-4.5 cm long which splits into two parts and it contains five
compartments with tons of seeds
- Seed: tiny round and brown
- Anything else: no strong aroma
- Cultural usage: none
"Contains diphenyl obediol, a central nervous system stimulant and extremely
irritating alkaloid. This toxin can be absorbed through intact skin. All parts
of plant can cause a rash. Sap toxic."
- Poisonous
Plants of Paradise: First Aid and Medical Treatment of Injuries from Hawai'i's Plants.
Susan Scott and Craig Thomas, M.D.©2000. ISBN 0-8248-2251-X.
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