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Malvaceae

Molokai treecotton

Kokia cookei O.Deg.

Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Kokia

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Molokai treecotton: Kokiʻo, hau hele ʻula or Cooke's kokia Malvaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokaʻi only; now extinct in the wild) Endangered Oʻahu
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
arz
كوكيا كوكى
English
Molokai treecotton, Cooke's kokio, Molokai koki`o, Molokai kokiio, Molokai kokiío
Russian
Кокия Кука

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: native

Photos

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Sources: classification 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.