Primulaceae
Kolea lau nui
Myrsine lessertiana
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Myrsine
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Kolea lau nui, Mountain colicwood
Synonyms
- Myrsine emarginata (Rock) Hosaka
- Myrsine fauriei H.Lév.
- Myrsine fosbergii var. acuminata (Wawra) Hosaka
- Myrsine gaudichaudii A.DC.
- Myrsine gaudichaudii f. acuminata Wawra
- Myrsine meziana (H.Lév.) Wilbur
- Rapanea emarginata (Rock) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Rapanea fosbergii var. acuminata (Wawra) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Rapanea lessertiana (A.DC.) O.Deg. & Hosaka
- Rapanea spathulata (Rock) O.Deg. & Hosaka
- Suttonia cuneata H.Lév.
- Suttonia fauriei (H.Lév.) H.Lév.
- Suttonia flavida H.Lév.
- Suttonia hillebrandii var. emarginata Rock
- Suttonia lessertiana (A.DC.) Mez
- Suttonia meziana H.Lév.
- Suttonia spathulata Rock
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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.