Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 9 (Go to the risk assessment)

Common name(s): [more details]

Fijian: kambikambi, mbambalewalu, tavolali, tikoko ni kalou, wa kula, wa nduanilulu, wa ni mbai

Habit:  vine

Description:  "A liana occurring in dense forest, or occasionally on the edges of forest, at elevations of 50-1,120 m.  Its inflorescences commonly occur on the stem, often near the ground, but frequently they are also associated with the leaves toward the tops of trees.  The inflorescence branches, bracts, bracteoles, and hypanthium are usually pure white, sometimes slightly greenish or faintly pink-tinged; the petals are rich to pale pink, the filaments white or distally yellowish, the anthers yellow with blue to purple basal lobes, the style is white and sometimes pink-tinged, and the fruit is dull purple, at length black"  (Smith, 1985; p. 391).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  (native range not known by PIER)

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Fiji Fiji Islands	Kandavu Island	native	Smith, Albert C. (1985) (p. 391) Voucher cited: Smith 249
Fiji Fiji Islands	Koro Island	native	Smith, Albert C. (1985) (p. 391) Voucher cited: Smith 1013
Fiji Fiji Islands	Ovalau Island	native	Smith, Albert C. (1985) (p. 391) Voucher cited: U.S. Expl. Exped. 47890 (US, GH, NY), Gillespie 4532
Fiji Fiji Islands	Taveuni Island	native	Smith, Albert C. (1985) (p. 391) Voucher cited: Smith 8274
Fiji Fiji Islands	Vanua Levu Island	native	Smith, Albert C. (1985) (p. 391) Vouchers cited: Smith 1582, Degener & Ordonez 13847
Fiji Fiji Islands	Viti Levu Island	native	Smith, Albert C. (1985) (p. 391) Vouchers cited: Greenwood 1066, Degener & Ordonez 13574, Smith 5227, DF 1172, Seemann 176, Gillespie 3098, Degener 15372, Gibbs 539, Parks 20077, Smith 7027
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1976) (voucher ID: BISH 415558) Taxon name on voucher: Medinilla heterophylla A.Gray

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

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

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

References:

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1976. Voucher specimen #BISH415558(Spence, G. 391).

Smith, Albert C. 1985. Flora Vitiensis nova: a new flora of Fiji. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. Volume 3. 758 pp.