Archives: Native Plants

Loulu (Pritchardia remota)

Mature cultivated Loulu palms, showing their tall, slender trunks and full fan-leafed crowns. Photo: David Eickhoff (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0). Pritchardia remota, known as

Loulu Hiwa (Pritchardia martii)

A cultivated Loulu Hiwa showing its arching fan fronds, yellow inflorescence, and developing green fruit. Photo: David Eickhoff (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0). Pritchardia martii,

Hao (Rauvolfia sandwicensis)

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).

Kāwaʻu (Zanthoxylum dipetalum)

Zanthoxylum dipetalum, called kāwaʻu or aʻe in Hawaiian, is a rare native tree in the citrus family (Rutaceae) — the same genus that produces Sichuan

Hōlei (Ochrosia haleakalae)

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

Cooke’s Kokiʻo (Kokia cookei)

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

ʻĀlaʻa (Pouteria sandwicensis)

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 —

ʻAhakea Lau Nui (Bobea elatior)

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

ʻOhe Mauka (Tetraplasandra oahuensis)

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

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