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Maile
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Maile

Alyxia stellata

Alyxia stellata is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. Its white bark gives away a certain distinctive smell and bitter taste. This plant grows wild in the forests and in the fields of mountainous area. The bark contains: tannic substances, coumarin, bitter substances, and alkaloids.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Maile in Museum of the Royal Society

Museum of the Royal Society

Nehemiah Grew · 1681 · p.476

Maile in Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: Sacred Songs of the Hula (bilingual)

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: Sacred Songs of the Hula (bilingual)

Nathaniel B. Emerson · 1909 · p.44

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 347641.