''Rubus macraei'', commonly known as Ākalakala, is a species of '' Rubus'' that is endemic to Hawaii. Although superficially similar to the other Hawaiian species, '' Rubus hawaiensis'', sequence differences of the chloroplast gene ''ndhF'' indicate that they are derived from separate colonization events of Hawaii. These data indicate that ''R. macraei'' is more distantly related to both Asian and North American species of subgenus ''Idaeobatus'' than ''R. hawaiensis''. ''R. macraei'' usually has a creeping rather than erect or sprawling habit. It inhabits wet forests,

bogs A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main Wetland#Types, types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, ...

, and subalpine shrublands at elevations of on the Big Island and

East Maui East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...

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Hawaiian Native Plant Genera - Rubus
Photographs of ''R. macraei''. macraei Plants described in 1854 Endemic flora of Hawaii Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{rubus-stub