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Ochrosia kilaueaensis
Also called Hawaii Yellowwood, Holei
Hawai'i yellowwood is an extinct tree that was endemic to the island of Hawai'i and has not been seen in the wild since the 1940s. It cannot be grown from a living source, so there is no care regime to follow.
Ochrosia kilaueaensis is an extinct species of flowering plant in the genus Ochrosia in Apocynaceae. Its common names include holei and Hawaii yellowwood. It was endemic to the island of Hawaiʻi. It has been collected only at Puuwaawaa and Kipuka Puaulu and has not been seen since the 1940s.
Ochrosia ackeringae · Ochrosia borbonica · Ochrosia brevituba · Ochrosia brownii · Elliptic yellowwood · Ochrosia fatuhivensis · Ochrosia glomerata · Ochrosia grandiflora · Island yellowwood · Ochrosia hexandra · Ochrosia inventorum · Kauai yellowwood
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ochrosia kilaueaensis 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.
