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Bobea

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Eudicots

Order
  
Gentianales

Scientific name
  
Bobea

Rank
  
Genus

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Asterids

Family
  
Rubiaceae

Higher classification
  
Rubiaceae

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Lower classifications
  
Bobea sandwicensis, Bobea timonioides

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Bobea is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. All species in this genus are endemic to Hawaii. Bobea was named for Jean-Baptiste Bobe-Moreau by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré in 1830 in his book Voyage de l'Uranie.

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The wood of Bobea is hard, wearable, and yellow. It was used for the gunwales of Polynesian voyaging canoes. The gunwales of modern canoes are sometimes painted yellow in imitation of the wood that is no longer widely available.

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Species

  • Bobea brevipes A.Gray - ʻAhakea lau liʻi (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu)
  • Bobea gaudichaudii (Cham. & Schltdl.) H.St.John & Herbst - ʻAhakea lau nui (Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Maui, island of Hawaiʻi)
  • Bobea sandwicensis (A.Gray) Hillebr. - ʻAhakea (Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui)
  • Bobea timonioides (Hook.f.) Hillebr. - ʻAhakea (Maui, island of Hawaiʻi)
  • References

    Bobea Wikipedia