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Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn. (ムニンフトモモ)
Hawaifutomomo (ハワイフトモモ, 布哇蒲桃), Ohi'a lehua (オヒア・レフア)
Lifeform: evergreen shrub (occasionally becoming 30 m in height)
Distribution: endemic to Hawaiian Islands
Habitat: moist, dry and cloud forests (ofte establishing on lava)

tolerant to drought and low temperature

Use: wood for house, canoes, etc.

symbolic flower of Hawaii Island

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Metrosideros polymorpha grown in Japan


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[1-3] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 17 2022.

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