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Ohelo kau la'au

Vaccinium calycinum

Also called Tree ʻōhelo, Blueberry, `ohelo, `ohelo kau la`au, Tree Ohelo, ʻōhelo Kau Lāʻau

Ohelo kau la'au
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Hawaiian Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Vaccinium calycinum, also known as ʻōhelo kau lāʻau, Tree ʻōhelo, and ʻōhelo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Hawaii.

Where it grows

Vaccinium calycinum is endemic to Hawaii, where it is found on all islands except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe. It grows in wet forests and bogs at altitudes between 500 to 1,800 metres (1,600 to 5,900 feet).

Other Vaccinium plants

Malea pilosa · Vaccinium adenochaetum · Lowbush blueberry · Farkleberry · Caucasian Whortleberry · Vaccinium bissei · Vaccinium boninense · Northern blueberry · Sea bilberry · New Jersey blueberry · East Polynesian Blueberry · Dwarf bilberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium calycinum 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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