Ericaceae

Ohelo 'ai

Vaccinium reticulatum Sm.

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Ohelo 'ai, `ohelo, `ohelo `ai, Blueberry
Hawaiian: `ohelo, `ohelo `ai
Russian: Охело

Synonyms

Vaccinium berberidifolium Skottsb.
Vaccinium macraeanum Klotzsch
Vaccinium pahalae Skottsb.
Vaccinium peleanum Skottsb.

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: avocat, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: RSJ Coman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Chris, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lawrence Chu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pramod Khare, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: velodrome, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & 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.