endemicPrimulaceae
Myrsine lessertiana
kōlea lau nui · kolea lau nui
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Common native understory-to-canopy tree of mesic and wet forests. Fruits are important food for native forest birds; a key species for forest restoration aiming at bird habitat recovery.
Kōlea lau nui (Myrsine lessertiana) is a species of colicwood that is endemic to Hawaiʻi. It inhabits dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of 210–1,220 m (690–4,000 ft) on all main islands. M. lessertiana is a small to medium-sized tree, reaching a height of 18 m (59 ft) and a trunk diameter of 0.3–0.6 m (0.98–1.97 ft).
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Seasonality
Only 5 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 83 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 277 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 46 · GBIF 53 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 36 · GBIF 37 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 27 · GBIF 29 ✓
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 14 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 12 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 8 ✓
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 8 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Naholoku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAlaenui · MauiGBIF 3
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahanahāiki · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lumahaʻi · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 2
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Waiea · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Auwahi · MauiiNat 1
Kikahi · OʻahuiNat 1
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Pūehuehunui · MauiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1
Kuikuiloloa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Nuʻu · MauiGBIF 1
Hoʻokena · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pāʻauhau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahakuloa · MauiGBIF 1
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Olowalu · MauiGBIF 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikolu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kalauao · OʻahuGBIF 1
Koʻolau · MauiGBIF 1
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kūkaʻiau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pelekunu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kōheo 1-2 · MauiGBIF 1