Cyanea kolekoleensis is a shrub with a glabrous, unbranched stem that grows between 1.5 and 1.9 meters tall. The leaves are simple and alternately arranged, with narrowly elliptic blades measuring 16.5–27.5 cm long and 2.7–5.7 cm wide. The apex is acuminate, while the base is cuneate. The upper surfaces are green and glabrous, whereas the lower surfaces are greenish-white, either glabrous or minutely and sparsely pubescent along the midrib. The margins are minutely serrulate. The petioles are terete (cylindrical), 3.5–9 cm long and approximately 2 mm in diameter, and glabrous. Stipules are absent. The flowers occur in inflorescences of 4–8 flowers and are glabrous. The peduncle is deflexed, measuring 13.5–16 cm long and 2–4 mm in diameter. The rachis is 3–6.5 cm long. The flowers are bisexual (perfect), with sharply recurved pedicels that are 18–27 mm long, decreasing in length toward the apex of the rachis. The hypanthium is obconic or obovoid, 6–13 mm long and 6–11 mm in diameter, and is densely short-pubescent. The calyx lobes are triangular or deltoid, 1.5–3 mm long and 1.5–3.5 mm wide, with an acute apex. The corolla is bilabiate, white with purple shading on the lobes, measuring 50–52 mm long, and is densely short-pubescent. The corolla tube is curved, 30–39 mm long, and 5.5–9 mm in diameter, dorsally cleft for half its length. The dorsal corolla lobes are linear, measuring 13–19 mm long and 1.5–3 mm wide, with an acute apex. The ventral lobes are also linear, measuring 10–15 mm long and 1.5–3 mm wide, with an acute apex. The five stamens alternate with the corolla lobes and are connate. The staminal column is exserted, with purple, glabrous filaments measuring 3.7–4.9 cm long. The anther tube is dark purple, 9–11 mm long, and 2.5–4 mm in diameter. The lower two anthers have tufts of white hairs at their apex. The ovary is inferior and two-celled, with axile ovule placentation. The stigma is two-lobed, remaining appressed and nonreceptive as the style grows through the anther tube, pushing out the pollen, after which the stigmas spread apart and become receptive. It was found in wet forests between 650-765 meters.
Bean-shaped (Reniform): Resembling the shape of a kidney or bean.
Square or Oblong: Angular shape with all sides more or less equal or longer than wide.
Triangular: Three-sided shape, broadest below the middle.
Elliptic: Rounded at both ends. shaped like an ellipse or oval.
Ovate or Obovate: egg-shaped, broader at one end.
Linear: Extremely long and narrow, with sides usually parallel.
Round: Appears circular, with length and width roughly the same.
Cardioid (Heart-Shaped): One edge has a prominent double curve into two lobes.
Cylindrical: A cylinder with parallel sides and a circular cross-section.
Discoid: Resembling a disc or plate with two relatively flat surfaces.
Fusiform: Spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends.
Globose: Spherical.
Lenticular: Resembling a lens with two convex surfaces.
Ovoid: Egg-shaped.
Plano-convex: Having a flat ventral (planar) surface and a curved dorsal (convex) surface.
Polygonal: Having more than three flat faces meeting at angles.
Sectoroid: Resembling a segment of an orange with two relatively flat faces and one curved face.
Subglobose/ellipsoid: Inflated shape but less than spherical.
Trigonous: Having three faces that meet at a distinct angle; triangular in cross-section.
Endangered species (E) are species that are so rare they’re in danger of becoming extinct.
Threatened species (T) are species that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.
Species of Concern (SOC) are species about which there are some concerns regarding status and threats, but insufficient information is available to list the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Plant Extinction Prevention (PEP) is a state status for rare plants that focuses its efforts on species that have fewer than 50 remaining wild individuals.
Orthodox seeds (desiccation-tolerant): can be dried to an internal seed moisture of less than 12% water and stored at freezing temperatures.
Intermediate seeds (temperature-sensitive) tend to age faster than orthodox seeds and may have only a 5-year lifespan when stored at -20°C. They are recommended for storage at 5°C.
Recalcitrant seeds (desiccation-sensitive): cannot be stored in a conventional freezer as they cannot survive after drying and/or freezing at -20°C. They are recommended for cryopreservation storage.