Boehmeria grandis
endemicUrticaceae

Boehmeria grandis

‘ākōlea

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

Boehmeria grandis, commonly called ʻakolea, is a flowering species of the Urticaceae family that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. ʻakolea can be found in mesic to wet forests across Hawaiʻi along streams, on ridges, and valley floors. Multiple sources have cited observations in Makaua Gulch on Oʻahu.

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Seasonality

Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

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Where documented · 35 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 15 · GBIF 62 records