'Ohe Makai - Nice Native Hawaiian Tree That No One Knows About 2

'Ohe Makai

15 feet or so off Hina Lani Drive (Costco Road)

Slideshow of nice 'Ohe Makai photos taken by Forest and Kim Starr on Maui






The plant isn't in bloom now, but here's what the leaves and blossoms look like.

Kona's Native Hawaiian Plants - A'ali'i

This plant is 5 feet mauka of the upper road just at the beginning of the Hualalai ranch grasslands, the part with many, many, Kaulia trees but no fireline, or other measures to protect the trees.

Those are seed pods, not flowers.

Jacarandas in bloom.

Along the upper road between Kona and Waimea, from a little past Kona Highlands to Puuanahulu, the jacarandas are in bloom. Jacarandas'
color contrasts nicely with the yellow flowers of the silkoak