Neraudia Melastomaefolia
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''Neraudia'' is a genus of
plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
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Urticaceae The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus ''Urtica''. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus ''Urtica'', ramie (''Boehmeria ...
. All five species are
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Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
.''Neraudia angulata''.
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Ma'oloa is a common name for these plants. Five species are accepted. * ''
Neraudia angulata ''Neraudia angulata'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the nettle family known by the common name angularfruit ma'oloa. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Waianae Range on the island of Oahu.
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Neraudia kauaiensis ''Neraudia'' is a genus of plants in family Urticaceae. All five species are endemic to Hawaii.Neraudia melastomifolia ''Neraudia melastomifolia'', known as ''maaloa'' in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a shrub or small tree, reaching a height of up to . ''N. melastomifolia'' inhabits ...
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Neraudia ovata ''Neraudia ovata'', commonly known as Big Island maoloa, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. It inhabits dry forests growing on lava flows in the island's Kona District ...
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Neraudia sericea ''Neraudia sericea'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the nettle family known by the common name woodland ma'oloa. It is endemic to Hawaii. It has been found on the islands of Molokai, Maui, Lanai, and Kahoolawe, but it has only been see ...
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Urticaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic flora of Hawaii Taxa described in 1826 Taxa named by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré {{urticaceae-stub