Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Chionanthus roxburghii (Spreng.) S. K. Srivast. & S. L. Kapoor var. intermedius S. K. Srivast. & S. L. Kapoor; Linociera intermedia Wight

Habit:  tree

Description:  "A middle-sized tree.  Leaves chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, elongate-elliptic, acuminate, blade 4-8, narrowed into petiole 1/2-1 1/4 in. long, sec. n. 10-14 pair, slender but conspicuous.  Flowers white, in large glabrous trichotomous compound often fascicled panicles, 3-5 in. long, axillary, or from the middle of the internode, bracts lanceolate, often foliaceous.  Calyx glabrous, petals oblong, at base only slightly connate in pairs, 1/8-1/4 in. long, anthers sessile or nearly so, ovary glabrous.  Fruit 1/2-3/4 in. long"  (Brandis, 1921).

"Glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong acute at both ends secondary nerves prominent, panicles compound somewhat dense, petals 1/6 in. narrowly oblong, drupe 2/3 by 1/3 in.  Leaves 6 1/2 by 2 1/2 in., chartaceous; nerves 10 pairs, reticulations many prominent; petiole 1/2-1 in.  Panicle 2-5 in.; branches compressed; bracts 1/30 in., ovate; pedicels often hardly any.  Calyx 1/16 in., lobes ovate glabrous.  Petals 4, shortly united at the base, obscurely disposed in pairs.  Ovary glabrous" (Hooker, 1882; p. 609).

Habitat/ecology:  In India, hills to 3000 ft. (Brandis, 1921; p. 448).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  India (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian Islands	introduced invasive	Meyer, Jean-Yves (2000) (p. 96)

Comments:  Reported as possibly an invasive plant in the Hawaiian Islands per Meyer, 2000.

Additional information:
Additional online information about Chionanthus intermedius is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Chionanthus intermedius as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Chionanthus intermedius may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Brandis, D. 1907. Indian trees. Archibald Constable & Co., London. p. 139.

Hooker, J. D. 1875. The Flora of British India. L. Reeve & Co. 7 vol. 1875-1897.

Meyer, Jean-Yves. 2000. Preliminary review of the invasive plants in the Pacific islands (SPREP Member Countries). In: Sherley, G. (tech. ed.). Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Samoa. 190 pp.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.