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Lehua mamo or 'ohi'a

Metrosideros macropus

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Metrosideros macropus,commonly known as the lehua mamo or 'ohi'a, is a species of tree in the eucalyptus family, Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in the Hawaiian Islands. It is closely related to the widespread and highly variable ʻōhiʻa lehua, found throughout the islands. Lehua mamo, however, is only found in the Koʻolau mountains. It is distinguished from M. polymorpha by the elongate leaf petioles and the flowers are usually yellow. The latter character is also found in some varieties of M. polymorpha, which normally has red flowers, but occasionally the flowers of M. macropus are red as well.

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Family
Myrtaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Metrosideros macropus
Slug
metrosideros-macropus
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Metrosideros
Species
macropus
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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