Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_coprosma_waimeae
ʻŌlena
Coprosma waimeae
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About ʻŌlena
ʻŌlena (Coprosma waimeae) is recorded as an established shrub on Kauaʻi. A shrub roughly 1.5–4 metres tall with loose branching and opposite, generally oval leaves about 6–12 centimetres long. Small flowers occur in stalked clusters; male and female structures are carried on separate plants. Bright orange fruits retain small calyx teeth at the tip. Documented component of native vegetation; wild-population survival, recruitment and occupied vegetation cover provide measurable conservation endpoints.
Kauaʻi evidence
Established island occurrence follows the Bishop Museum checklist. Diagnostic morphology follows Smithsonian Hawaiian Flora; accepted identity follows Kew WCVP. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Coprosma waimeae
- Hawaiian names
- ʻōlena
- Other names
- Coprosma waimeae · ʻōlena
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Current extent and island effect sizes are unassessed. Public occurrence remains island-level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Local pollinators, flowering schedules, seedling establishment and recruitment rates are not independently assessed.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Repeated counts of wild recruits and mature plants; Native vegetation cover in comparison plots. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island population extent and trend · Quantified local environmental effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻŌlena (Coprosma waimeae) is recorded as an established shrub on Kauaʻi. A shrub roughly 1.5–4 metres tall with loose branching and opposite, generally oval leaves about 6–12 centimetres long. Small flowers occur in stalked clusters; male and female structures are carried on separate plants. Bright orange fruits retain small calyx teeth at the tip. Documented component of native vegetation; wild-population survival, recruitment and occupied vegetation cover provide measurable conservation endpoints.