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Alyxia oliviformis
''Alyxia oliviformis'', known as ''Maile'' (pronounced ''MY-lĕ'') in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to Hawaii. It grows as either a twining liana, scandent shrub, or small erect shrub, and is one of the few vines that are endemic to the islands. The scientific binomial means "chain resembling olive" in Latin. The leaves are usually ternate, sometimes opposite, and can have both types on the same stem.〔(et al. 1990. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. ).〕 Flowers are quite inconspicuous and have a sweet and light fragrance of honey. The bark of the vine is most fragrant and exudes a slightly sticky, milky sap when punctured which is characteristic of the Apocynaceae family. The entire plant contains coumarin, a sweet-smelling compound that is also present in vanilla grass (''Anthoxanthum odoratum''), woodruff (''Galium odoratum'') and mullein (''Verbascum'' spp.). Fruit are oval and dark purple when ripe. ''Maile'' is a morphologically variable plant and the Hawaiian names reflect this (see Ethnobotany section).
==Habitat==
''Maile'' can occur in most types of vegetation from 50 to 2000 m on all of the main Hawaiian Islands, however it is believed that both Kahoolawe and Niihau likely had populations of ''maile'' before large-scale disturbances occurred. Lowland wet forests occur from 100 to 1200 m elevation on the main Hawaiian islands and are prime habitat with around 1500–5000 mm of rainfall usually. Montane mesic and wet communities are also where ''maile'' occurs.〔
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