| This shrub grows with a candelabra type branching.
It can reach heights of 3.5 m.
The only site described in this Guide at which this species is easily found is the `Ola`a Forest. Easily found? There is one plant near the south-west corner of the forest outside the fence. Park along the road just where it turns. Look carefully for the flowers and fruit and you may be lucky enough to spot this plant. |
 |
| The leaf blades are from 6-18 cm long and
1.5 to 5.5 cm wide.
There is a fine toothed margin on the leaf blades. The leaves have an elongated, pointed tip. The mature leaves are dark green above and pale green below. Developing leaves may be purple. |
 |
| Look closely at the flowers. They
have a wonderful shape for bird pollinators.
The petals are green, purple or white on the outside and white or pale purple on the inside. This is one of the smaller of the Clermontia flowers (Carlquist 1980: 240) as they only get to a size of 28 mm long and 5 mm wide. |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
| The fruits look like miniature pumpkins
when they are ripe. They are yellow to orange berries. The
have small ribs.
The fruit are up to 25 mm in diameter. |
 |
|
|
 |
| Olaa Forest | A few small flowers, no fruit. | 5/6/01 |
| Olaa Forest | One flower open. | 6/2/01 |
| Thurston Lava Tube | Many open flowers, some developing fruit but none ripe. | 6/10/01 |
| Thurston Lava Tube | Many well developed fruit, a few still green. | 8/4/01 |