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Hibiscadelphus giffardianus
Also called Hau Kuahiwi
Kilauea hau kuahiwi is a small, rare tree from the Big Island of Hawaii, growing in wet forest on Mauna Loa. It is very rare in the wild and is not commonly grown, so care guidance is mostly general for mesic tropical trees.
Hibiscadelphus giffardianus (Kilauea hau kuahiwi) is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae that is endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii.
It inhabits mixed mesic forests on the slopes of Mauna Loa at elevations of 1,200–1,310 m (3,940–4,300 ft). Associated plants include ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), koa (Acacia koa), mānele (Sapindus saponaria), hoio (Diplazium sandwicianum), pilo (Coprosma spp.), māmaki (Pipturus albidus), kōpiko (Psychotria spp.), olopua (Nestegis sandwicensis), alani (Melicope spp.), ʻaʻaliʻi (Dodonaea viscosa), and naio (Myoporum sandwicense).
Hau kuahiwi · Lava hau kuahiwi · Kauai hau kuahiwi · Hualalai hau kuahiwi · Stellar Hau Kuahiwi · Maui hau kuahiwi · Wood's hau kuahiwi · Hau Kuahiwi
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hibiscadelphus giffardianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
