Melicope paniculata

Lihue Melicope

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Overview

Melicope paniculata is a tree in the Rutaceae (rue) family, up to 11 m (35 ft) tall, with new growth sparsely minutely puberulent (covered in soft, downy hairs), becoming glabrate (smooth) with young branches reddish brown. Leaves are opposite, thin, leathery, elliptic or broadly elliptic, with strongly revolute (rolled backward from the tip or margins to the undersurface) margins, and up to 25 cm (10 in) long. The leaves are dark, glossy green on top and paler green below. Male or female flowers are born in cymose (determinate simple inflorescence) panicles up to 25 cm (10 in) long, and the cuboid fruit are anise-scented.

Scientific Name

Melicope paniculata
Common Name
Lihue melicope
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FWS Category
Flowering Plants
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Sep 19, 1997

Sep 19, 1997 Listing
Review of Plant and Animal Taxa
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Oct 25, 1999

Oct 25, 1999 Listing
Review of Plant and Animal Taxa That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threate…
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Oct 30, 2001

Oct 30, 2001 Listing
ETWP; Review of Plant and Animal Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered o…
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Jun 13, 2002

Jun 13, 2002 Listing
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for…
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May 4, 2004

May 4, 2004 Listing
Review of Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual No…
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May 11, 2005

May 11, 2005 Listing
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates or Pro…
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Sep 12, 2006

Sep 12, 2006 Listing
Review of Native Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; An…
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Sep 12, 2006

Sep 12, 2006 Listing (Warranted But Precluded: Resubmitted)
Review of Native Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; An…
  • Publication type: 12m petition finding
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Dec 6, 2007

Dec 6, 2007 Listing (Warranted But Precluded: Resubmitted)
Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notic…
  • Publication type: 12m petition finding
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Dec 6, 2007

Dec 6, 2007 Listing
Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notic…
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Oct 21, 2008

Oct 21, 2008 Listing (Endangered)
Listing 48 Species on Kauai as Endangered and Designating Critical Habitat; Proposed Rule
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Critical Habitat

Oct 21, 2008

Oct 21, 2008 Critical Habitat
Listing 48 Species on Kauai as Endangered and Designating Critical Habitat; Proposed Rule
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Critical Habitat

Apr 13, 2010

Apr 13, 2010 Critical Habitat
Determination of Endangered Status for 48 Species on Kauai and Designation of Critical Habitat; Fina…
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Apr 13, 2010

Apr 13, 2010 Listing (Endangered)
Determination of Endangered Status for 48 Species on Kauai and Designation of Critical Habitat; Fina…
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Five Year Review

Feb 13, 2015

Feb 13, 2015 Five Year Review (Information Solicitation)
Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 133 Species in Hawaii, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington
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Mar 11, 2020

Mar 11, 2020 Five Year Review (Information Solicitation)
Initiation of 5- Year Status Reviews for 129 Species in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Hawaii, Montana,…
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