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Leptecophylla tameiameiae, known as pūkiawe or maiele in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands. [3] The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I, who formed the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
The plant lives for many years until it flowers; estimates of its life span range from 5–15 years to 40 years. [5] [6] Flowering occurs mostly from mid-June to November. Atypical plants possess branches that flower and die independently from the main plant, so that these individuals die only after the last branch flowers. [8] Other subspecies
For the purposes of this category, "Hawaii" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), and is constituted by the following archipelagos and islands: Hawaiian Islands; Johnston Island (also known as Johnston Atoll, Kalama Atoll) Midway Islands (also known as Midway Atoll)
Koa is the preferred host plant for the caterpillars of the green Hawaiian blue (Udara blackburni), which eat the flowers and fruits. [27] Adults drink nectar from the flowers. Koa sap is eaten by the adult Kamehameha butterfly (Vanessa tameamea). [28] The koa bug (Coleotichus blackburniae) uses its rostrum to suck the contents out of koa seeds ...
Pipturus albidus, known as māmaki (sometimes waimea, for its resemblance to olomea [1]) in Hawaiian and known as Waimea pipturus in English, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaiʻi. It inhabits coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of 60–1,830 m (200–6,000 ft).
ʻŌhiʻa trees grow easily on lava, and are usually the first plants to grow on new lava flows. Metrosideros polymorpha is commonly called a lehua tree, or an ʻōhiʻa lehua , or simply an ʻōhiʻa ; all are correct, [ 6 ] although ʻōhiʻa is also used to refer to the tomato as well as certain varieties of sugarcane and taro . [ 7 ]
Wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis) is a species of tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the only species of Erythrina that naturally occurs there. It is typically found in Hawaiian tropical dry forests on leeward island slopes up to an elevation of 600 m (2,000 ft).
Alyxia stellata, known as maile in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to Hawaii.It grows as either a twining liana, scandent shrub, or small erect shrub, and is one of the few vines that are endemic to the islands.