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Updated 2/28/2015

Family Thymelaeaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Wikstroemia oahuensis var. oahuensis

Ho'omaluhia BG, Kane'ohe, O'ahu

 

Wa'ahila ridge, O'ahu

Wa'ahila ridge, O'ahu

 



Palikea, O'ahu


Palikea, O'ahu

O'AHU 'AKIA

Endemic shrub or small tree common in a variety of mesic & wet habitats from Kaua'i to Maui, excluding the Big Island of Hawaii.  An extremely variable species with mostly hairless young stems, ovate leaves, and ellipsoid fruit.  The 'oahuensis' group is in need of further study.