Hawaiian Name(s): ‘ōhi‘a hā, hā, kauokahiki, pā‘ihi (Maui), pā‘ihi‘ihi (Maui)

Scientific Name: Syzygium sandwicensis

Vernacular Name: none

Family: Myrtaceae

Status: endemic

Authority: (A.Gray) Nied.

Description: Forest shrub/tree up to 75 ft tall.

Habitat Found most often in mesic to wet forests and bogs on ridges and slopes between 230–1220 m on most main islands (Wagner et al. 1990:976).

Medicines:

Non Medicinal Uses: Wood for fuel, house construction (Malo 1951:21; Rock 1913:325), bark for black dye (Rock 1913:325). Wood also for canoe construction (Malo 1951:126).

Specific gravity of wood: unknown

Famous Locations:

Mele:

`Ōlelo Noeau:

Dye Color and Parts: White (flowers), dark green (leaves), red (fruit), black (bark)

Kino lau:

Location on Bishop Museum Kalihi Campus:

Propagation Information:

Seed: Seed length approximately 5 mm. Photograph: B.Kennedy.
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Microscopy
Cross Section: Field of view: 2.6 mm x 1.6 mm. Photograph: H.Lennstrom.
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Radial Section: Field of view: 2.6 mm x 1.6 mm. Photograph: H.Lennstrom.
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Tangential Section: Field of view: 2.6 mm x 1.6 mm. Photograph: H.Lennstrom.
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