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Clermontia hawaiiensis, the ʻŌhā
kēpau, is a
species of
Hawaiian lobelioid endemic to Hawaiʻi island,
where it
grows in
Hawaiian tropical rainforests...
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throughout the
tropical Indo-Pacific. In Hawaiʻi,
where it is
known as pāpala
kēpau, C.
brunoniana is most
common in dry to
mesic habitats.
Although abundant...
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Ceodes wagneriana, the pāpala
kēpau or Kauaʻi catchbirdtree, is a
species of
flowering tree in the
Bougainvillea family, Nyctaginaceae, that is endemic...
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dominant component in the
Hawaiian crow's diet. The
crows often collect kepau and
olapa fruit clusters.
Although hoawa and
alani fruits have hard outer...
- used as a kolū (glue) for
weapon and tool
handles and as
kēpau (birdlime), much like
papala kepau (Pisonia spp.).
Planchonella sandwicensis trunk Pouteria...
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Rossetto &
Caraballo (as P.
wagneriana Fosberg) – Kauaʻi catchbirdtree, pāpala
kēpau (island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii)
Guapira discolor (Spreng.)
Little (as P. discolor...
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Degener construed Oha (ʻōhā) as "Hawaiian Lobelia" and Oha
Kepau (ʻōhā
kēpau) as "Hawaiian Clermontia". However, all the
plants named ʻōhā are...
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pisonia or
mapou trees Pisonia brunoniana parapara;
birdcatcher tree; pāpala
kēpau Nyctaginaceae (four o'clock family)
Pisonia grandis Indian pisonia; catchbird...
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which dominate the canopy, and Ēlama (Diospyros hillebrandii),
papala kepau (Pisonia spp.), and ʻĀlaʻa (Planchonella sandwicensis) in the understory...
- (Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui)
Clermontia hawaiiensis (Hillebr.) Rock - ʻŌhā
kēpau (Puna and Kaʻū on Hawaiʻi)
Clermontia hanaulaensis* - ʻŌhā wai (west Maui)...
