Leptecophylla tameiameiae
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
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