Mature Hao growing as a dense, rounded shrub, its glossy leaves arranged in whorls along the branches. Photo: David Eickhoff (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0).
A mature Haleakala Sandalwood tree, its gnarled branches draped in lichen, growing in the fog-swept subalpine shrubland near Puʻu Māmane, Haleakalā National Park, Maui. Photo:
Zanthoxylum dipetalum, called kāwaʻu or aʻe in Hawaiian, is a rare native tree in the citrus family (Rutaceae) — the same genus that produces Sichuan
A mature hōlei tree in dry forest habitat at Auwahi, East Maui. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0). Ochrosia haleakalae, known
The large, deep red, loosely curled flower of Cooke’s kokiʻo. Photo: David Eickhoff (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0). Kokia cookei, known as Cooke’s Kokiʻo, Molokaʻi
Glossy ʻālaʻa leaves and developing fruit. Photo: Xrtf (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0). Pouteria sandwicensis — also classified by many botanists as Planchonella sandwicensis —
Glossy ʻahakea lau nui leaves with developing fruit. Photo: David Eickhoff (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0). Bobea elatior, known in Hawaiian as ʻahakea lau nui
A mature, many-branched ʻohe mauka growing in mossy Hawaiian mountain forest. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 US). Tetraplasandra oahuensis, known
ʻOhe makai growing with its distinctive crown of large, stiff compound leaves. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 US). Polyscias sandwicensis,
Kōpiko’s glossy, leathery leaves and branched flower clusters at the tips of its branches. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 US).
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