endemicEricaceae
Vaccinium calycinum
ʻōhelo kau lāʻau
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Vaccinium calycinum, also known as ʻōhelo kau lāʻau, Tree ʻōhelo, and ʻōhelo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Hawaii.
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Seasonality
8 flowering · 31 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak March)■ fruiting (peak June)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
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Where documented · 44 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 295 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 74 · GBIF 124 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 35 · GBIF 33 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 29 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 13 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 7 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 8 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Lumahaʻi · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kalialinui · MauiGBIF 2
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Honopū · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Nuʻu · MauiGBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waiheʻe · MauiGBIF 1
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kukuikea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikolu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikapū · MauiGBIF 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Hakalau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1