Ilex anomala

Ilex anomala, commonly known as Hawai'i holly, kāwau, or aiea in Hawaii, is a species of holly. It is native to the Hawaiian Islands and the Marquesas Islands and Society Islands of French Polynesia.

On Hawaii it inhabits mixed mesic and wet forests at elevations of 600 - 1400 m on all main islands. In the Marquesas Islands it is a characteristic canopy tree in low-canopied cloud forests above 1000 meters elevation, along with the trees Cheirodendron bastardianum and Metrosideros collina and climbers of Freycinetia spp.