Native Plants

Plant Database

Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.

Enter a Plant Name:
Or you can choose a plant family:

Delissea undulata

Delissea undulata Gaudich.

Leechleaf Delissea, Oha

Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)

Synonym(s): Delissea argutidentata, Delissea konaensis, Delissea undulata ssp. undulata, Delissea undulata var. argutidentata

USDA Symbol: DEUN2

USDA Native Status: HI (N)

From the Image Gallery

No images of this plant

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Fruit Type: Berry
Size Notes: Palm-like tree, up to about 30 feet tall.
Fruit: Purple.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Green
Bloom Time: Jan , Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov , Dec
Bloom Notes: Greenish white. May bloom any time of the year under the right conditions.

Distribution

USA: HI
Native Distribution: Listed as endangered in the United States.
Native Habitat: Moist grasslands, shrublands, mesic forests, exposed cliffs, slopes.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Threatened & Endangered Status

USFWS Species Profile: Q0LX
Status: Endangered
Historic Range: U.S.A. (HI)
Critical Habitat: 17.96(a)
Special Rules: N/A
This information is derived from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serrvice Environmental Conservation Online System.

Bibliography

Bibref 1798 - Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Revised Edition (1999) Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.

Search More Titles in Bibliography

Web Reference

Webref 49 - Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (2020) Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Webref 28 - NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life (2018) NatureServe

Additional resources

USDA: Find Delissea undulata in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Delissea undulata in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Delissea undulata

Metadata

Record Modified: 2021-03-23
Research By: CBR

Go back