Species Profile for Holei(Ochrosia kilaueaensis)

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Holei (Ochrosia kilaueaensis)

Taxonomy:

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Listing Status: Endangered

Where Listed: WHEREVER FOUND

General Information

Ochrosia kilaueaensis, a tree with milky sap in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family is 15 to 18 m (49 to 59 ft) tall. Oblance-shaped to ob-elliptic leaf blades, 6 to 19 cm (2.4 to 7.5 in) long and 2.2 to 6.5 cm (0.9 to 2.6 in) wide, are arranged three to four at a node. Conspicuous secondary veins are almost perpendicular to the midvein. Numerous flowers are arranged in clusters and subtended by main flower cluster stalks divided into two sections: primary stalks (peduncles), 4.5 to 6.3 cm (1.8 to 2.5 in) long; and secondary branch stalks, 1.1 to 2.5 cm) (0.4 to 1 in) long. Each flower has a flower stalk (pedicel) 5 to 7 mm (0.2 to 0.3 in) long. The calyx is deeply 5-lobed and about 1 cm (0.4 in) long. The green-white, trumpet-shaped flowers have five lobes 12 to 15 mm (0.5 to 0.6 in) long fused at the base into a cylindric tube 7 to 11 mm (0.3 to 0.4 in ) long. Lance-shaped fruits, 4.5 to 4.9 cm (1.8 to 1.9 in) long and 2.4 to 2.5 cm (0.9 to 1.1 in) wide, have a fleshy inner layer, a stony single seed, and may be yellow-brown when mature.

Current Listing Status Summary

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Status	Date Listed	Lead Region	Where Listed
Endangered	03-04-1994	Pacific Region (Region 1)	Wherever found

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» Range Information

Current Range

Last Updated: 01-25-2022 - Wherever found

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Wherever found
Listing status: Endangered

States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: Hawaii
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USFWS Refuges in which this population is known to occur:

State	County
Hawaii	Hawaii

» Candidate Information

No Candidate information available for this species.

No Candidate Assessments available for this species.

No Candidate Notice of Review Documents currently available for this species.

No Uplisting Documents currently available for this species.

» Federal Register Documents

Federal Register Documents

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Date	Citation Page	Title
03/20/2024	89 FR 19861 19864	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 100 species in American Samoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
06/11/2019	84 FR 27152 27154	Initiation of 5- Year Status Reviews for 91 Species in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and American Samoa
04/08/2010	75 FR 17947 17950	5-Year Status Reviews of 69 Species in Idaho, Washington, Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
07/02/2003	68 FR 39623 39672	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation and Nondesignation of Critical Habitat for 46 Plant Species From the Island of Hawaii, HI
09/24/2002	67 FR 59811 59813	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designations of Critical Habitat for Plant Species from the Island of Hawaii, Hawaii; public hearing announcement
08/26/2002	67 FR 54766 54767	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designations and Non-designations of Critical Habitat for Plant Species From the Islands of Kauai, Niihau, Maui, Kahoolawe, Molokai, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, and Oahu, Hawaii; Alll Plants Open comment Period
05/28/2002	67 FR 36968 37016	ETWP; Designations of Critical Habitat for Plant Species From the Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
03/04/1994	59 FR 10305 10325	ETWP; Determination of Endangered or Threatened Status for 21 Plants From the Island of Hawaii, State of Hawaii
12/17/1992	57 FR 59951 59970	ETWP; Proposed Endangered Status for 22 Plants from the Island of Hawaii, State of Hawaii; 57 FR 59951 59970

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» Species Status Assessments (SSAs)

Species Status Assessments (SSAs)

No Species Status Assessments (SSA's) are currently available for this species.

Special Rule Publications

No Special Rule Publications currently available for this species.

» Recovery

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Recovery Priority Number: 5

Current Recovery Plan(s)

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Date	Plan Stage	Recovery Plan	Implementation Status	SSAs/Biological Reports	Recovery Implementation Strategies
09/26/1996	Final	Recovery Plan for the Big Island Plant Cluster	View Implementation Progress

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Date	Citation Page	Title	Document Type
03/20/2024	89 FR 19861 19864	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 100 species in American Samoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington	Five Year Review Notice, Information Solicitation
06/11/2019	84 FR 27152 27154	Initiation of 5- Year Status Reviews for 91 Species in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and American Samoa	Five Year Review Notice, Information Solicitation
04/08/2010	75 FR 17947 17950	5-Year Status Reviews of 69 Species in Idaho, Washington, Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Five Year Review Notice, Information Solicitation

Date	Title
08/27/2021	Ochrosia kilaueaensis 5-year Review
08/28/2012	Holei(Ochrosia kilaueaensis) 5-Year Review

» Critical Habitat

Critical Habitat Documents

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Date	Citation Page	Title	Critical Habitat Shapefile	Document Type
07/02/2003	68 FR 39623 39672	Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation and Nondesignation of Critical Habitat for 46 Plant Species From the Island of Hawaii, HI		Not Prudent

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» Conservation Plans

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» Petitions

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» Biological Opinions

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» Life History

Habitat Requirements

Ochrosia kilaueaensis occurs in Acacia koa-Metrosideros spp.-Diospyros spp. (koa-ohia-lama) dominated montane mesic forest at 670 to (1,220 m 2,200 to 4,000 ft). Associated native species include Gardenia brighamii (nanu), Psychotria hawaiiensis (kopiko), Nothocestrum spp. (aiea), and Colubrina spp. (kauila).

Movement / Home Range

Ochrosia kilaueaensis was known only from Puuwaawaa and at Kipuka Puaulu, Kilauea, on the island of Hawaii. Ochrosia kilaueaensis has not been positively identified in the wild since the 1940s. There are populations of Ochrosia on the island of Hawaii at Kipukapuaulu, Ookala, Kohala, and the Makaula-Ooma section of the Honuaula Forest Reserve for which the species has not been determined, mostly because plants have not been observed flowering or plants are so tall that flowers are not accessible. There are some airlayers in cultivation and if they survive and flower, a species identification may be possible.

Other

Ochrosia kilaueaensis is distinguished from other species of the genus by the greater height of mature trees, the open flower clusters, the longer flower stalks, and the larger calyx and lobes of the corolla. Ochrosia kilaueaensis is distinguished from O. haleakalae by differences in the flower calyx and pedicels.

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