'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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