Ericaceae
Ohelo kau la'au
Vaccinium calycinum
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Ohelo kau la'au, Tree ʻōhelo, `ohelo, `ohelo kau la`au, Blueberry, `ohelo,
- Hawaiian
- `ohelo, `ohelo kau la`au, Ohelo, Ohelo kau laau, ʻŌhelo, ʻŌhelo kau lāʻau
Synonyms
- Metagonia calycina (Sm.) Nutt.
- Vaccinium cereum Walp.
- Vaccinium fauriei H.Lév.
- Vaccinium hamatidens H.Lév.
- Vaccinium meyenianum Klotzsch
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- 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 and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and 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.