Kingdom Plantae Genus Gouania Rank Species | Family Rhamnaceae Scientific name Gouania vitifolia Order Rosales | |
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Similar Gouania hillebrandii, Gouania, Clermontia pyrularia, Cyanea grimesiana, Cyanea pinnatifida | ||
Gouania vitifolia (also known as Oʻahu chewstick) is an endangered species flowering plant in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a climbing shrub or woody vine. G. vitifolia inhabits dry, coastal mesic, and mixed mesic forests on Oʻahu (Waiʻanae Mountains), and the Island of Hawaiʻi (Kaʻū district). In 2007 there were no more than 64 plants left on Oahu and two populations with a total "numbering in the tens" on Hawaii.
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