| Paratrophis pendulina | |
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| Aʻiaʻi on Maui | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Paratrophis |
| Species: | P. pendulina
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| Binomial name | |
| Paratrophis pendulina (Endl.) E.M.Gardner (2021)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Paratrophis pendulina is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, Moraceae. In Australia it is commonly known as whalebone tree, and other common names include the white handlewood, axe-handle wood, grey handlewood and prickly fig. In Hawaii it is known as Hawai'i roughbush or aʻiaʻi in Hawaiian.[2]
It is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia, and to New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Tubuai Islands, and the Hawaiian Islands.[1] It is usually a small tree or shrub, reaching a height of 12 metres (39 feet) with a trunk diameter of 0.6 m (2 ft).[3]
- ^ a b Paratrophis pendulina (Endl.) E.M.Gardner. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Streblus pendulinus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ Streblus brunonianus. NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.