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Kauai treecotton

Kokia kauaiensis

Also called Kauai Koki'o, Koki'o

Kokia kauaiensis is a rare endemic tree from the mallow family, native only to Kauai, Hawaii. It is seldom grown outside conservation collections, and it needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions with good drainage.

Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as: Tree
Light: Part shade, Bright indirect
Water: Water regularly during growth, letting the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil: Well-drained, loamy mix with organic matter.
Temperature: 18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy: Hard
Native range: Hawaiian Is. (W. Kaua‘i)
Climate: wet tropical

About

Kokia kauaiensis, the Kauaʻi treecotton or Kauaʻi kokiʻo, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to Kauaʻi, Hawaii.

It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 350–660 m (1,150–2,170 ft). Associated plants include ʻahakea (Bobea spp.), koa (Acacia koa), lama (Diospyros sandwicensis), manono (Hedyotis spp.), hala pepe (Pleomele aurea), aupaka (Isodendrion spp.), papala kepau (Pisonia spp.), olopua (Nestegis sandwicensis), ʻōhiʻa hā (Syzygium sandwicensis), hame (Antidesma spp.), maile (Alyxia oliviformis), ʻālaʻa (Pouteria sandwicensis), aʻiaʻi (Streblus pendulinus), alaheʻe (Psydrax odorata), uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis), aloalo (Hibiscus spp.), mēhamehame (Flueggea neowawraea), alani (Melicope spp.), palapalai lau liʻi (Asplenium laciniatum), ʻoheʻohe (Tetraplasandra spp.), ʻakoko (Euphorbia celastroides), nehe (Lipocha…

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kokia kauaiensis 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.

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