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Alaheʻe

Psydrax odoratum

Indigenous

ʻŌiwi

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Alena

Boerhavia repens

Indigenous

ʻŌiwi

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Bonamia menziesii

Bonamia menziesii

Endemic – Endangered

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne Nalowale

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Carex

Carex wahuensis

Endemic: Kaua’i, O’ahu, Maui, Moloka’i, Lana’i, Hawaiʻi

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Coastal Hedyotis

Hedyotis littoralis

Endemic

ʻĀpaʻakuma

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Coastal Lysimachia

Lysimachia mauritiana

Endemic

ʻĀpaʻakuma

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Hala

Pandanus tectorius

Indigenous: All islands except Kahoʻolawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe

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Hame

Antidesma pulvinatum

Endemic: O’ahu, Moloka’i, Maui, and Hawai’i

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, me Hawaiʻi

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Hao

Rauvolfia sandwicensis

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Hāpuʻu

Cibotium glaucum

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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Hau hele ʻula

Kokia drynarioides

Endemic: Hawaiʻi Island Only

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Hawaiʻi

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Hinahina

Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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Hōʻawa

Pittosporum hosmeri

Endemic: Hawaiʻi Island Only

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Hawaiʻi

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ʻAeʻae

Bacopa monieri

Indigenous

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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ʻĀhinahina

Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata

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ʻAhuʻawa

Mariscus javanicus

Indigenous: All islands except Kahoʻolawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe

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ʻAʻaliʻi

Dodonaea viscosa

Indigenous: All islands except Kahoʻolawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe

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ʻAʻaliʻi

Dodonaea viscosa

Indigenous: All islands except Kahoʻolawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe

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ʻAiea

ʻŌiwi: ʻaʻohe ʻike

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ʻAkaʻakai

Schoenoplectella tabernae-montani

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ʻĀkia

Wikstroemia uva-ursi

Endemic: Kaua’i, O’ahu, Maui, Molokai

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi

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ʻĀkia kuahiwi

Wikstroemia oahuense

Endemic: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokai, Maui and Lānaʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui me Lānaʻi

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ʻAkiohala

Hibiscus furcellatus

Indigenous: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi

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ʻAkoko

Chamaesyce celasroides

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi including Nihoa

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Ka pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; ma Nihoa hoʻi.

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ʻĀkulikuli

Sesuvium portulacastrum

Inigenous: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Ka pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; ma Nihoa hoʻi.

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ʻAlaʻala wai nui

Peperomia blanda

Indigenous : All the main islands except Kahoʻolawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe

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ʻAmaʻu

Sadleiria spp.

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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ʻĀnapanapa

Colubrina asiatica

Indigenous: Ni’ihau, Kaua’i, O’ahu, and Moloka’i

ʻŌiwi: Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, me Molokaʻi

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ʻAuhuhu

Tephrosia purpurea

Polynesian Introduction: All of the main islands

Moananuiākea: Ka pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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ʻAwapuhi

Zingerber zerumbet

Polynesian Introduced – Common – Medicinal

Moananuiākea; lawe ʻia e nā kānaka

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ʻĀweoweo

Chenopodium oahuense

Endemic: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokai, Maui, Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi, plus Lisianski, Laysan, Necke, French Frigate Shoals, Nihoa.

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ʻĀwikiwiki

Canavalia hawaiiensis

Endemic: Lānaʻi, Maui, Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Lānaʻi, Maui, Hawaiʻi

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ʻIhi

Portulaca lutea

Indigenous: Northwestern H.I., Oʻahu, Molokai, Maui, Lānaʻi, and Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Mokupuni pālahalaha, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maua, Lānaʻi, me Hawaiʻi

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ʻIhi molokini

Portulaca molokiniensis

Endemic: Molokini, Kaho’olawe

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Molokini me Kahoʻolawe

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ʻIhiʻihilauākea

Marsilea villosa

Endemic, Endangered

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne nalowale

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ʻIliahialoʻe

Santalum ellipticum

Endemic

ʻĀpaʻakuma

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ʻIlieʻe

Plumbago zeylanica

ʻŌiwi: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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ʻIlima

Sida fallax

ʻŌiwi: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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ʻIlima papa, ʻIlima kū kahakai

Sida fallax

ʻŌiwi: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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ʻŌhā (Delissea)

Delissea rhytidosperma

Endemic: Kaua’i only

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Kauaʻi

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ʻŌhai

Sesbania tomentosa

Endemic Endangered Species

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne Nalowale

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ʻŌhai (kumulāʻau Molokaʻi)

Sesbania tomentosa

Endemic – Endangered Species

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne Nalowale

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ʻOhe makai

Reynoldsia sandwicensis

Endemic, Uncommon

ʻĀpaʻakuma, Laha ʻOle

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ʻŌhiʻa lehua, ʻŌhiʻa, Lehua Mamo, Lehua, Mamo

Metrosideros polymorpha

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe.

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ʻŌlena

Curcuma longa

Polynesian Introduction: All of Hawaiʻi except Kahoʻolawe

Moananuiākea: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe

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ʻŌlulu, ʻĀlula

Brighamia insignis

Endemic; Endangered: Kaua’i Only

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne Nalowale: Kauaʻi

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ʻUala

Ipomea batatas

Polynesian Introduction: All of Hawaiʻi

Moananuiākea: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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ʻUki

Cladium jamaicense

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi except Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe

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ʻUkiʻuki

Dianella sandwicense

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi except Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe

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ʻŪlei

Osteomele anthylidifolia

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi except Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe

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Iliau

Wilkesia gymnoxiphium

Endemic: Kaua’i Only

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Kauaʻi

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Kalo

Colocasia esculenta

Polynesian introduced

Moananuiākea

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Kāwelu

Eragrostis variabilis

All of Hawaiʻi including most of the Northwestern ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Islands

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa a ma kekahi hapa nui o nā mokupuni pālahalaha

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Kī

Cordyline fruticosa

Polynesian introduced

Moananuiākea

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Kō

Saccharum officinarum

Polynesian introduced

Moananuiākea

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Koa

Acacia koa

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Kaho’olawe and Ni’ihau

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe me Niʻihau

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Koaiʻa

Acacia koaiʻa

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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Koʻokoʻolau

Bidens amplectans; B. menziesii; B. torta

Endemic

ʻĀpaʻakuma

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Koʻoloa ʻula

Abutilon menziesii

Endangered

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Kokiʻo

Hibiscus kokio subsp. st.johnianus

Native ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Shrub – Endemic – Rare

ʻĀpaʻakuma, Kākaʻikahi

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Kokiʻo ʻulaʻula

Hibiscus kokio

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe.

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Kokiʻo kea

Hibiscus waimeae

Endemic: Kauaʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Kauaʻi

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Kokiʻo keʻokeʻo

Hibiscus arnottianus subsp. immaculatus

Endemic – Endagered

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne nalowale

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Kōlea (Kōlea lau nui)

Myrsine lessertiana

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe.

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Kōlea lau liʻi

Myrsine sandwicense

Endemic: O’ahu, Moloka’i, Lana’i, Maui and Hawai’i

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui me Hawaiʻi

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Kolokolo kuahiwi

Lysimachia hillebrandii

Endemic: Kaua’i, O’ahu, Moloka’i, Lana’i, Maui

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui

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Kūkaenēnē

Coprosma ernodeoides

Endemic: Maui and Hawai’i

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Maui me Hawaiʻi

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Kukui

Aleurites mollucana

Polynesian Introduction: All of Hawaiʻi except Kaho’olawe

Moananuiākea: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe

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Kuluʻi

Nototrichium sandwicense

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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Kupukupu

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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Lama

Diospyros sandwicensis

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Kaho’olawe and Ni’ihau

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe me Niʻihau

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Lonomea (Kāulu, Āulu)

Sapindus oahuensis

Endemic: Kaua’i, O’ahu

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Kauaʻi me Oʻahu

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Loulu, Loulu lelo, Loulu hiwa, Hāwane

Pritchardia spp. P. hillebrandii, P. remota, P. shcatauerri

Native ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Endemic, Uncommon to Endangered

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAno Laha ʻOle a ʻAne Nalowale

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Maʻo

Gossypium tomentosum

Endemic: All Hawaiʻi except Hawaiʻi Island

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi

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Maʻo hau hele

Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. molokaiana

Endemic: All Hawaiʻi except Molokai and O’ahu

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Molokaʻi me Oʻahu

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Māʻoliʻoli

Schidea globosa

Endemic: Oʻahu, Molokai, Maui

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui

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Maiapilo

Caparis sandwichiana

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi as well as some of the Northwestern Islands

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, kekahi o nā mokupuni pālahalaha

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Maile

Alyxia stellata

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Kaho’olawe and Ni’ihau

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe me Niʻihau

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Makaloa

Cyperus laevigatus

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi except Lana’i and Kaho’olawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Lānaʻi me Kahoʻolawe

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Māmaki

Pipterus albidus

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Kaho’olawe and Ni’ihau

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe me Niʻihau

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Manono

Hedyotis terminalis

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe

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Mauʻu ʻakiʻaki

Fimbristylis cymosa

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Munroidendron

Munroidendron racemosum

Endemic, Endangered: Kaua’i

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne Nalowale: Kauaʻi

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Nāʻū

Gardenia brighamii

Endemic: Oʻahu, Lānaʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Oʻahu, Lānaʻi

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Naio

Myoporum sandwicense

All of Hawaiʻi except Kaho’olawe; 1 Endemic subspecies: O’ahu

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, koe ʻo Kahoʻolawe; hoʻokahi naio ʻāpaʻakuma no Oʻahu.

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Naio papa

Myroporum sandwicense

Indigenous: South point, Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Kalae, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi

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Nanea

Vigna mariana

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi except Lana’i and Kaho’olawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Lānaʻi me Kahoʻolawe

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Naupaka kahakai

Scaevola gaudichaudiana; S. gaudichaudii; S. mollis

Indigenous

ʻŌiwi

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Naupaka kuahiwi

Scaevola gaudichaudii

Endemic: All of Hawaiʻi except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe

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Naupaka papa

Scaevola coriacea

Endemic – Endagered

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne Nalowale

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Neke

Cyclosorus interruptus

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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Nohu

Tribulus cistoides

Indigenous

ʻŌiwi

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Noni

Morinda citrifolia

Polynesian Introduced

Moananuiākea

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Pāʻū o Hiʻiaka

Jaquemontia ovalifolia subsp. sandwicense

Endemic subspecies: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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Palapalai

Microlepia strigosa

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa

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Pāmakani

Tetreamalopium lepidotum subsp. lepidotum

Endemic – Endangered Species

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAno Nalowale

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Pāpala

Charpentiera obovata

Endemic: O’ahu, Moloka’i, Maui and Hawaiʻi island

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, me Hawaiʻi

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Pāpala kēpau

Pisonia umbellifera

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa; koe ʻo Niʻihau me Kahoʻolawe

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Pāwale

Runex skottsbergii

Endemic: Hawaiʻi Island

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Moku ʻo Hawaiʻi

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Pili

Heterogpogon contortus

ʻŌiwi

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Pōhinahina

Vitex rotundifolia

ʻŌiwi

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Pōhuehue

Ipomea pes-caprae subs. brasiliensis

Indigenous: All of Hawaiʻi including most of the Northwestern ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi islands

ʻŌiwi: Pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, a ma ka hapa nui o nā mokupuni pālahalaha

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Poʻolānui

Bidens cosmoides

Endemic

ʻĀpaʻakuma

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Pōpolo (americanum)

Solanum americanum

Indigenous

ʻŌiwi

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Pōpolo (nelsonii)

Solanum nelsonii

Endemic

ʻĀpaʻakuma: He lāʻau pūnohunohu, a ke kumulāʻau haʻahaʻa (ʻumikūmālua kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe loa). He lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo/melemele. ʻAno kalakala nā lau i uhi ʻia i ka heu ʻula. Luhe iho nā pua keʻokeʻo, a he hua pōpolo.

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Pōpolo (sandwicense)

Solanum sandwicense

Endemic – Endangered

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAne Nalowale

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Pualoalo

Hibiscus arnotiianus

Endemic: O’ahu

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Oʻahu

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Puʻukaʻa

Cyperus trachysanthos

Endemic Endangered: Oʻahu, Kauaʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma: Oʻahu, Kauaʻi

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Tetramalopium

Tetramalopium filiforme

Endemic, Endangered

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAno Nalowale

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Uhiuhi

Caesalpinia kavaiense

Endangered, Endemic: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Lānaʻi, Maui and Hawaiʻi

ʻĀpaʻakuma, ʻAno Nalowale: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Lānaʻi, Maui, me Hawaiʻi

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Wiliwili

Erythrina sandwicensis

Endemic

ʻĀpaʻakuma

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