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Angularfruit ma'oloa

Neraudia angulata

Angularfruit ma'oloa
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0
Family
Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Hawaiian Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Neraudia angulata is a rare species of flowering plant in the nettle family known by the common name angularfruit ma'oloa. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Waianae Range on the island of Oahu. There are nine remaining populations with a varying number of individuals; in 2006 there were 227 mature individuals counted. This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

This shrub grows up to 3 meters tall. The alternately arranged leaves are up to 15 centimeters long and have hairy undersides. They may have variably toothed or ragged edges.

Other Neraudia plants

Ma'aloa · Big Island ma'oloa · Woodland ma'oloa · Ma'oloa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Neraudia angulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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