Medinilla scortechinii G. King, Melastomataceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 5 (Go to the risk assessment)

Habit:  herb

Description:  (description info not known by PIER)

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

Propagation:  (no propagation information known by PIER)

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
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced cultivated	Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2008) Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

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

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

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

References:

Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. 2008. Annotated checklist of cultivated plants of Hawai‘i (online searchable database).