Myrtaceae
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Metrosideros polymorpha
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Metrosideros
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Metrosideros polymorphaMyrtaceae
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- لهوع
- arz
- لهوع
- Chinese
- 多型鐵心木, 多形鐵心木, 多形铁心木
- English
- ʻŌhiʻa Lehua, 'ohi'a lehua
- French
- 'ohi'a, 'ōhi'a, Ohia, Ōhia, ʻohiʻa, ʻōhiʻa
- Hawaiian
- ʻōhiʻa lehua
- Hebrew
- ברזילי הגבעות הפולינזי
- Japanese
- オヒアレフア
- Russian
- Охиа
Synonyms
- Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha (Gaudich.) Rock
- Metrosideros collina var. oahuensis Hochr.
- Metrosideros collina var. parvifolia Hochr.
- Metrosideros collina var. rotundifolia Hochr.
- Nania polymorpha (Gaudich.) A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
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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.