Polyscias sandwicensis
endemicAraliaceae

Polyscias sandwicensis

ʻohe makai

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

Polyscias sandwicensis, known as the 'ohe makai or ʻOhe kukuluāeʻo in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the ivy family, Araliaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a tree, reaching a height of 4.6–15 m (15–49 ft) high with a trunk diameter of 0.5–0.6 m (1.6–2.0 ft). It can be found at elevations of 30–800 m (98–2,625 ft) on most main islands. Polyscias sandwicensis generally inhabits lowland dry forests, but is occasionally seen in coastal mesic and mixed mesic...

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Seasonality

Only 1 phenology-annotated observation exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 52 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 55 · GBIF 77 records
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 10
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 3
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kanaio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
ʻAlae 3-4 · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Pālāʻau · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Awakeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1