Apocynaceae
Maile
Alyxia stellata
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Alyxia
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Common names
By language (10)
- ban
- Pulasari
- Chinese
- 星光鏈珠藤, 星光链珠藤
- English
- Maile
- Hawaiian
- Maile
- Indonesian
- Palasan, Pulosari
- Japanese
- マイレ
- mad
- Palasarè
- Malay
- Pokok Pulasari
- Persian
- زیتونوار
- Tongan
- Maile
Synonyms
- Alyxia amoena A.C.Sm.
- Alyxia brevipes (Baill.) Schltr.
- Alyxia elliptica Cheeseman
- Alyxia fosbergii J.Florence
- Alyxia intermedia Vieill. ex Guillaumin
- Alyxia latilimba M.L.Grant
- Alyxia linearifolia A.C.Sm.
- Alyxia myrtillifolia (A.Gray ex Hillebr.) H.Lév.
- Alyxia obtusifolia R.Br.
- Alyxia oliviformis Gaudich.
- Alyxia oliviformis f. ampla H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. angusta H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. cuneata H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. elliptica H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. fusiformis H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. lanceolata H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. linearis H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. myrtillifolia (A.Gray ex Hillebr.) H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. obovata H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. ovata (Hillebr.) H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. retusa H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. rotundata H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis f. subacuta H.St.John
- Alyxia oliviformis var. lanceolata Hillebr.
- Alyxia oliviformis var. myrtillifolia A.Gray ex Hillebr.
- Alyxia oliviformis var. ovata Hillebr.
- Alyxia palauensis Markgr.
- Alyxia scandens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Roem. & Schult.
- Alyxia stellata f. marquesensis F.Br.
- Alyxia stellata var. amoea (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
- Alyxia stellata var. deckeri Fosberg & Sachet
- Alyxia stellata var. fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet
- Alyxia stellata var. marquesensis (F.Br.) Fosberg & Sachet
- Alyxia sulcata Hook. & Arn.
- Alyxia thozetii F.Muell.
- Alyxia torresiana Gaudich.
- Gynopogon apolimae Rechinger
- Gynopogon brevipes Baill.
- Gynopogon oliviformis A.Heller
- Gynopogon scandens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
and 9 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 122 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yves Burckel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.