Flueggea neowawraea NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
ITIS Reports — Flueggea neowawraea ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Flueggea neowawraea, the mēhamehame, is a species of flowering tree in the family Phyllanthaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It can be found in dry, coastal mesic, and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 250 to 1,000 m. Associated plants include kukui, hame, ʻahakea, alaheʻe, olopua, hao, and aʻiaʻi. Mēhamehame was one of the largest trees in Hawaiʻi, reaching a height of 30 m and trunk diameter of 2 m. Native Hawaiians used the extremely hard wood of this tree to make weaponry.Flueggea neowawraea (commonly known as mehamehame; a member of the spurge family) is a large tree up to 100 ft (30.5 m) in height and 7 ft (2.1 m) in diameter with white oblong pores covering its scaly, pale brown bark. The thin, papery, oval leaves — 1.5-5.5 in (3.8-14 cm) long and 0.8-3.5 in (2-8.9 cm) wide — are green on the upper surface and pale green on the lower surface.
