Fagraea berteriana
COMMON NAME | Pua keni keni or
Perfume flower tree |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Gentianaceae |
NOTES | Can be a large shrub
or pruned to a small tree. Amazingly fragrant. All parts are poisonous. Grows
into a small spreading tree or a large shrub; the branches quad-angular, with
blunt tipped leaves and amazingly fragrant 3" tubular shaped flowers of
creamy white which turn golden orange as the day longs. The flowers are
popular for making lei. The tree's name, in Hawaiian, means "ten cent flower",
referring to the sale price for a lei made from them in the past. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Australia - Queensland to New Guinea,
New Caledonia through the Pacific to Hawaii. |
NATIVE HABITAT | Frequent in open
lowland and limestone forests, in poorly drained sites, and in degraded
uplands and cloud forest |
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