Scientific Name: Scaevola coriacea Endemic - Endagered Description: A slow-growing prostrate ground cover no more than 6 inches tall with succulent, glossy, dark-green leaves and typical naupaka … [Read more...]
Neke Fern
Scientific Name: Cyclosorus interruptus Also Known As: Marsh Fern Indigenous: All HI Description: Medium sized ferns about 2 ft. tall with light green fronds and creeping rhizomes. Each frond … [Read more...]
Nohu
Scientific Name: Tribulus cistoides Indigenous Description: Low-growing ground cover with bright yellow flowers that average in 2 inches in diameter. Once pollinated flowers develop in … [Read more...]
Noni
Scientific Name: Morinda citrifolia Also Known As: Indian Mulberry Polynesian Introduced Description: A member of the coffee family, a relatively small tree (up to 15 feet tall) with giant, … [Read more...]
Ohai
Scientific Name: Sesbania tomentosa Endemic Endangered Species Description: Very cool, to say the least, with unreal-looking flowers. These are small, upright trees 10 to 18 feet tall, with … [Read more...]
Ohai (Moloka’i tree form)
Scientific Name: Sesbania tomentosa Endemic - Endangered Species Description: The many forms of ohai are all stunning in their own way. Most have evolved to have extremely soft, … [Read more...]
Ohe Makai – Kukuluaeo
Scientific Name: Reynoldsia sandwicensis Endemic, Uncommon Description: An dry forest endemic Hawaiian tree. Not commonly found today. Landscape Uses and Care: This native Hawaiian tree loves … [Read more...]
Ohia Lehua – Ohia – Lehua Mamo- Lehua – Mamo
Scientific Name: Metrosideros polymorpha Endemic: All HI except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe Description: Of the five different species of ‘ohi’a recognized, this is the most variable. The leaves of … [Read more...]
Olena
Scientific Name: Curcuma longa Also Known As: Hawaiian turmeric Polynesian Introduction: All HI except Kahoolawe Description: An herbaceous plant with dark green leaves up to 4 ft. in length … [Read more...]
Olulu/Alula
Scientific Name: Brighamia insignis Endemic; Endangered: Kaua’i Only Description: The alula often referred to a ‘olulu is a magnificent, almost prehistoric looking plant. This plant has a fat, … [Read more...]