Rhamnaceae
Smoothfruit chewstick
Gouania meyenii
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Gouania
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Smoothfruit chewstick
Synonyms
- Gouania gagnei H.St.John
- Gouania integrifolia Meyen
- Gouania oliveri H.St.John
- Gouania orbicularis Walp.
- Lupulus orbicularis (Walp.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wasp32, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wasp32, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wasp32, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wasp32, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.