Scientific Name: Chamaesyce celasroides Endemic: All of HI including Nihoa Description: Prostrate groundcovers two feet tall or less or erect shrubs up to six feet with thick, glabrous leaves. … [Read more...]
Akulikuli
Scientific Name: Sesuvium portulacastrum Inigenous: All HI Description: The akulikuli plant is a very low crawling ground cover. It has very succulent green leaves with bright red stems and … [Read more...]
Alaalawainui
Scientific Name: Peperomia blanda Indigenous : All the main islands except Kahoolawe Description: A low growing very succulent plant that grows up to about 10 inches tall with fleshy, light … [Read more...]
Alahee
Scientific Name: Psydrax odoratum Indigenous Description: A large tree (20-30 ft.) with glossy green leaves and small, white, highly fragrant flower clusters. As the tree grows, it has a … [Read more...]
Alena
Scientific Name: Boerhavia repens Indigenous Description: Somewhat succulent herbs with a thick center root from which prostrate stems branch out radially. Leaves are small and … [Read more...]
Amau
Scientific Name: Sadleiria spp. Endemic: All HI Description: Commonly mistaken for hapu’u fern the easiest way to distinguish amau is from its new fronds that once unrolled are bright red then … [Read more...]
Anapanapa
Scientific Name: Colubrina asiatica Indigenous: Ni’ihau, Kaua’i, O’ahu, and Moloka’i Description: Large shrubs with extremely glossy leaves almost resembling a coffee plant. It has small … [Read more...]
Auhuhu
Scientific Name: Tephrosia purpurea Also Known As: Hawaiian Fish Poisoning Plant Polynesian Introduction: All of the main islands Description: Small shrubs 3-4 ft. tall with small compound … [Read more...]
Awapuhi
Scientific Name: Zingerber zerumbet Polynesian Introduced - Common - Medicinal Description: Awesome understory or full sun specimen. Watch out, like most gingers it has the ability to take over … [Read more...]
Aweoweo
Scientific Name: Chenopodium oahuense Endemic: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, plus Lisianski, Laysan, Necke, French Frigate Shoals, Nihoa. With all the news about people fishing for … [Read more...]