
indigenousEricaceae
Leptecophylla tameiameiae
Pūkiawe
Leptecophylla tameiameiae, known as pūkiawe or maiele in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands. The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I, who formed the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. It grows as a tree up to 4.6 m (15 ft) tall in forests and as a shrub 0.9–3 m (3.0–9.8 ft) in height elsewhere. Its small needle-like leaves are whitish underneath, dark green above. The round berries range in color
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Where documented · 50 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 297 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 48 · GBIF 105 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 47 · GBIF 44 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 32 · GBIF 39 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 18 · GBIF 25 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Manukā · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlaeloa · MauiiNat 2
Waikīkī · OʻahuGBIF 2
Nuʻu · MauiGBIF 2
Pūlehuiki · MauiGBIF 2
Kalalau · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiGBIF 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻena · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Keʻanae · MauiGBIF 1
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Nakula · MauiGBIF 1
Kaunala · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honopū · KauaʻiGBIF 1

