# Bobea

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{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae}}
{{For|the [Bantu language](/source/Bantu_languages) spoken in [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)|Wovea language}}
{{automatic taxobox
|image = Starr 040713-0002 Bobea elatior.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Bobea gaudichaudii](/source/Bobea_gaudichaudii)''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Bobea
|authority = [Gaudichaud](/source/Charles_Gaudichaud-Beaupr%C3%A9)
|type_species = ''[Bobea gaudichaudii](/source/Bobea_gaudichaudii)''
|type_species_authority = ([Cham.](/source/Adelbert_von_Chamisso)  & [Schltdl.](/source/Diederich_Franz_Leonhard_von_Schlechtendal)) H.St.John & Herbst
|synonyms = 
*''Bobaea'' <small>[A.Rich.](/source/Achille_Richard)</small>
*''Obbea'' <small>[Hook.f.](/source/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker)</small>
*''Rytidotus'' <small>[Hook.f.](/source/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker)</small>
}}

'''''Bobea''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Rubiaceae](/source/Rubiaceae). It includes five [species](/source/species), four of which are [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii) and one to eastern [Queensland](/source/Queensland) in Australia.<ref name = powo><{{cite web |title=''Bobea'' Gaudich. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:34237-1 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=20 March 2025}}</ref> ''Bobea'' was named for Jean-Baptiste Bobe-Moreau by [Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré](/source/Charles_Gaudichaud-Beaupr%C3%A9) in 1830 in his book ''Voyage de l'Uranie''.

The [wood](/source/Lumber) of ''Bobea'' is hard, wearable, and yellow. It was used for the [gunwale](/source/gunwale)s of [Polynesian](/source/Polynesians) voyaging canoes. The gunwales of modern canoes are sometimes painted yellow in imitation of the wood that is no longer widely available.

==Species==
Five species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
* ''[Bobea brevipes](/source/Bobea_brevipes)'' <small>[A.Gray](/source/Asa_Gray)</small> – ''{{okina}}Ahakea lau li{{okina}}i'' ([Kaua{{okina}}i](/source/Kauai), [O{{okina}}ahu](/source/Oahu))<ref name="Bishop">{{cite web|url=http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=ahakea|title=ahakea, ahakea lau lii (''B. brevipes''), akupa (''B. brevipes''), ahakea lau nui (''B. elatior'')|work=Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database|publisher=Bernice P. Bishop Museum|accessdate=24 March 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702123039/http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=ahakea|archivedate=2007-07-02}}</ref>
* ''[Bobea elatior](/source/Bobea_elatior)'' {{small|Gaudich.}} – ''{{okina}}Ahakea lau nui'' (Kaua{{okina}}i, [Moloka{{okina}}i](/source/Molokai), [Maui](/source/Maui), [island of Hawai{{okina}}i](/source/Hawaii_(island)))<ref name="Bishop"/>
* ''[Bobea myrtoides](/source/Bobea_myrtoides)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) Valeton}} – eastern Queensland
* ''[Bobea sandwicensis](/source/Bobea_sandwicensis)'' <small>([A.Gray](/source/Asa_Gray)) [Hillebr.](/source/William_Hillebrand)</small> – ''{{okina}}Ahakea''<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/data/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Bobea_sandwicensis.pdf|title=ʻAhakea|vauthors=Little EL Jr, Skolmen RG|publisher=United States Forest Service|year=1989}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (O{{okina}}ahu, Moloka{{okina}}i, [Lāna{{okina}}i](/source/Lanai), Maui)<ref name="Bishop" />
* ''[Bobea timonioides](/source/Bobea_timonioides)'' <small>([Hook.f.](/source/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker)) Hillebr.</small> – ''{{okina}}Ahakea'' (Maui, island of Hawai{{okina}}i)<ref name="Bishop"/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Bobea}}
*[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Bobea ''Bobea'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae]

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Category:Bobea
Category:Rubiaceae genera
Category:Taxa described in 1827
Category:Taxa named by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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