Plants of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Scientific Name Wikstroemia phillyreifolia A. Gray
Family Thymelaeaceae

Other Names 'akia
Status Endemic (to Hawai`i Island)
Distribution & Habitat Extends from the coast to about 1,350 m (4,000 ft) in the Park (Stone and Pratt 1994)
Locations in this Guide Thurston Lava Tube, Devil's Throat, Mid-Elevation Woodland
General Appearance
Up to 1 m (3 ft) or slightly taller (Stone and Pratt 1994)  
Leaves
Small leaves that are dull green.  They are about 2.5 cm (1 in) long.

Underside is white (Stone and Pratt 1994).

Flowers & Fruits
Small, yellow, tubular shaped  flowers.  Look for them at the end of the branches (Stone and Pratt 1994).  

 

 
The fleshy fruit is orange and holds one seed.  Many of the Wikstroemias are toxic (Stone and Pratt 1994).  

 

 
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