Category talk:Trees of Hawaii

What's the name of this tree?
I have just returned from a trip to Hawaii. Among the trees I saw there was a striking one that looked as though it had been used as a drop cloth: the green, heart-shaped leaves appeared to have white and red paint dripped onto them. It does not appear to be accounted for by any of those on this list. It was quite common on Oahu; less so in Kauai; absent, as far as I could see, on the big island; and uncommon on Maui, though I did see some hedges made of it near the Whalers' Village. My guess is, it's not indigenous. Kostaki mou (talk) 03:31, 3 December 2010 (UTC)


 * On my next trip, I found out that this is a cultivar of the Hau tree (Hibiscus Tiliaceus). I do not know where the cultivar originated.  (It is apparently uncertain whether the wild variety is indigenous or not.) I was told (by an employee of the Honolulu zoo) that the cultivar is more resistant to insect infestation than the wild variety.  Kostaki mou (talk) 21:06, 1 April 2013 (UTC)