Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_myrsine_helleri
ʻŌliko
Myrsine helleri
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About ʻŌliko
A branched shrub with slender dark-red-brown stems and narrow leaves clustered near branch tips. Smooth, slightly thickened margins surround blades dotted black above, with long pointed tips often slightly hooked. Small axillary flower clusters develop into rounded bluish-black drupes. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Myrsine helleri
- Hawaiian names
- ʻōliko · kōlea
- Other names
- Myrsine helleri · ʻōliko · kōlea
- 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
- Island-level public occurrence only. Flower color is not specified by the reviewed account. Do not add the strongly wavy margins and long dark secretory lines of Myrsine cirrhosa.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Branched shrubs 2-5 m tall; branches dark reddish brown, slender, glabrous.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A branched shrub with slender dark-red-brown stems and narrow leaves clustered near branch tips. Smooth, slightly thickened margins surround blades dotted black above, with long pointed tips often slightly hooked. Small axillary flower clusters develop into rounded bluish-black drupes. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.