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Colley, South Australia, Australia
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Kokio ula, Kokio ulaula, or Hawaiian red hibiscusMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Shrubs to small trees.Kokio was pounded with other plants, juice strained, and taken to purify blood. The leaves were chewed and swallowed as a laxative or mothers would chew buds and given to infants and children as a laxative. Mother would also chew the buds and give to children or children would eat the seeds to strengthen a weak child.NPH00005
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_kokio_kokio
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Mao hau heleMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsIUCN: Endangered Oahu (Cultivated), N.W. Lnai formThis unique form is nearly glabrous (no hairs) leaves. There is yet another form on Lnai that is totally, or as can be, glabrous, and has only a few specimens remaining in the wild in a protected exclosure.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
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Mao hau heleMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsIUCN: Endangered Hawaii Island (Cultivated)Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)NPH00002
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
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Mao hau heleMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsIUCN: Endangered Oahu (Cultivated), N.W. Lnai formThis unique form is nearly glabrous (no hairs) leaves. There is yet another form on Lnai that is totally, or as can be, glabrous, and has only a few specimens remaining in the wild in a protected exclosure.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific and subspecific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
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Mao hau heleMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsIUCN: Endangered Oahu (Cultivated), N.W. Lnai formThis unique form is nearly glabrous (no hairs) leaves. There is yet another form on Lnai that is totally, or as can be, glabrous, and has only a few specimens remaining in the wild in a protected exclosure.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.Mao hau hele (Hibiscus brackenridgei) has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. See the story of how it became so at the website below.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific and subspecific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.
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Mao hau heleMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsIUCN: Endangered Hawaii Island (Cultivated)Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)NPH00003
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
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Mao hau heleMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredKaena Pt., LnaiA totally glabrous (without hairs) form growing in extreme hot, dry, windy conditions. There very few of these plants remaining in the wild. They have been fenced off to protect them from introduced destructive herbivores. Photo slightly blurry due to the constant wind.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
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Mao hau heleMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsIUCN: Endangered Oahu (Cultivated), N.W. Lnai formThis unique form is nearly glabrous (no hairs) leaves. There is yet another form on Lnai that is totally, or as can be, glabrous, and has only a few specimens remaining in the wild in a protected exclosure.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.NPH00022
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
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Kokio ula, Kokio ulaula, or Hawaiian red hibiscusMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai)Oahu (Cultivated)A form known as kahilii, with possible recognition as a full species: Hibiscus kahilii.Kokio was pounded with other plants, juice strained, and taken to purify blood. The leaves were chewed and swallowed as a laxative or mothers would chew buds and given to infants and children as a laxative. Mother would also chew the buds and give to children or children would eat the seeds to strengthen a weak child.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific and subspecific epithet kokio comes from the Hawaiian name for this hibiscus.
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Kokio ula, Kokio ulaula, or Hawaiian red hibiscusMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai)Oahu (Cultivated)A form known as kahilii, with possible recognition as a full species: Hibiscus kahilii.Kokio was pounded with other plants, juice strained, and taken to purify blood. The leaves were chewed and swallowed as a laxative or mothers would chew buds and given to infants and children as a laxative. Mother would also chew the buds and give to children or children would eat the seeds to strengthen a weak child.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific and subspecific epithet kokio comes from the Hawaiian name for this hibiscus.
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Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
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Nyeri, Central, Kenya
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Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania, United States
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Cape May Point, New Jersey, United States
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Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania, United States
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Cape May Point, New Jersey, United States
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Pafuri, Limpopo, South Africa
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Rio Congo, Panama, Panama