Premise: Dracaena aurea, the golden hala pepe, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻ i in Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 120 – . It is a small evergreen tree, usually 4.6 - tall, but sometimes reaches 12 m . The gray, straight trunk does not have bark and is 0.3 - in diameter. The sword-shaped leaves are 20 - long and 1 - wide.
Hypothesis: The tree has no bark