Leptecophylla tameiameiae
Introduction '''''Leptecophylla tameiameiae''''', known as '''''' or '''''' in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands. The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I, who formed the Kingdom of Hawaii. It grows as a tree up to  tall in forests and as a shrub  in height elsewhere. Its small needle-like leaves are whitish underneath, dark green above. The round berries range in color from white through shades of pink to red. ''Pūkiawe'' is found in a variety of habitats in Hawaii at elevations of , including mixed mesic forests, wet forests, bogs, and alpine shrublands.
Ecology  is a hardy, adaptive, and morphologically variable plant that occupies a variety of ecosystems, from dry forest up to alpine bogs and shrublands. Despite being common, it is difficult to propagate, taking months to years for seeds to germinate and growing very slowly.The  and other birds eat the berries of this shrub and thus distribute it.
Human Uses Native Hawaiians would inhale ground leaves of the  to treat congestion, and used the fruit to make lei.Hawaiian nobility used the smoke of  to modify their mana before interacting with people of lower caste. The bodies of executed criminals were cremated on pyres of  to drive the mana from their bones and ensure their ghosts were harmless.
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