Thymelaeaceae

Hawai'i false ohelo

Wikstroemia phillyreifolia A.Gray

Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Wikstroemia

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Hawai'i false ohelo (Wikstroemia phillyreifolia) — FlowerPhoto: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Hawai'i false ohelo, Hawaiʻi false ʻōhelo
Hawaiian: Akia, Kauhi, ʻĀkia

Synonyms

Daphne phillyreifolia (A.Gray) Halda
Diplomorpha phillyraefolia (A.Gray) A.Heller
Wikstroemia phillyreifolia var. rigida A.Gray

Flowers

In flower: July to September, November to January (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: cwarneke, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Daryl Nolan, CC0, from iNaturalist
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: John Game, 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.