Urticaceae
Waimea pipturus
Pipturus albidus
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Pipturus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Waimea pipturus, Māmaki
- Japanese
- ママキ
Synonyms
- Boehmeria acuminata Hook. & Arn. ex Wedd.
- Boehmeria albida Hook. & Arn.
- Perlarius albidus Kuntze
- Pipturus albidus var. kauaiensis Hochr.
- Pipturus brighamii Skottsb.
- Pipturus eriocarpus Skottsb.
- Pipturus gaudichaudianus Wedd.
- Pipturus hawaiensis H.Lév.
- Pipturus helleri Skottsb.
- Pipturus oahuensis Skottsb.
- Pipturus pachyphyllus Skottsb.
- Pipturus pterocarpus Skottsb.
- Pipturus rockii Skottsb.
- Pipturus skottsbergii Krajina
- Pipturus taitensis Wedd.
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: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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.