'OHIA MAMO-YELLOW LEHUA

• Metrosideros Polymorpha
• Myrtaceae
• Indigenous
• Variety of blossoms red-yellow-salmon colored, white, etc.
• One of first trees to grow on fresh lava flows
• Location: RAINFOREST-('OHIA/KOA) 1-4000-9000 + /- Feet elevation, up through SUBALPINE ZONE
• Uses: nectar for endemic birds-honey creepers
  • Religious uses-e.g. Pele; images, religious observances' legends, myths
  • Important for tool and weapon making, house construction, tapa dyes and tapa beaters, etc.
  • Modern lei making material-blossoms and buds

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