Thymelaeaceae

Fish poison plant

Wikstroemia uva-ursi A.Gray

Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Wikstroemia

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Fish poison plant (Wikstroemia uva-ursi) — FruitPhoto: Kyle Van Houtan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Fish poison plant, Hillside false ohelo, Hillside false ʻōhelo
Hawaiian: Akia, Aoaoa, Kauhi, ʻĀkia

Synonyms

Daphne uva-ursi (A.Gray) Halda
Diplomorpha uva-ursi (A.Gray) A.Heller

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

FruitPhoto: Kyle Van Houtan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jake Gross, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: buriedanimal, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, 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.