
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 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
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 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Awakeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamalō · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
East ʻŌhiʻa · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Waiomao · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Mahana · LānaʻiGBIF 2
Pelekunu · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 1
Nakula · MauiiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Maunalei · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻā · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Paomai · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Haʻikū Uka · MauiGBIF 1
Makanalua · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiGBIF 1




