Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_schizostachyum_glaucifolium
ʻOhe
Schizostachyum glaucifolium
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About ʻOhe
ʻOhe (Schizostachyum glaucifolium) is a Polynesian-introduced woody bamboo documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as a wet-tropical bamboo native to Fiji and introduced in Hawaiʻi. In Hawaiʻi it is treated as a Polynesian introduction and a cultivated/relict plant rather than automatically naturalized. NTBG documents its exceptionally thin culm walls, long internodes, cultural uses, and herbarium representation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Schizostachyum glaucifolium
- Common names
- Polynesian bamboo · ʻOhe
- Hawaiian names
- ʻOhe · ʻOhe Hawaiʻi
- Other names
- Schizostachyum glaucifolium · ʻOhe · Polynesian bamboo · ʻOhe Hawaiʻi · Bambusa glaucifolia Rupr.
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Polynesian introduction
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Woody bamboo · arborescent grass
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻOhe (Schizostachyum glaucifolium) is a Polynesian-introduced woody bamboo documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as a wet-tropical bamboo native to Fiji and introduced in Hawaiʻi. In Hawaiʻi it is treated as a Polynesian introduction and a cultivated/relict plant rather than automatically naturalized. NTBG documents its exceptionally thin culm walls, long internodes, cultural uses, and herbarium representation.
Sources and further reading
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421008-1/general-information
- https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications/pdf/tr75.pdf
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421008-1
- https://ntbg.org/database/plants/detail/schizostachyum-glaucifolium
- https://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plants/polyscias-hawaiensis/