What is this?

[hrooster]

I see these berries in bloom every spring near Peepekeo, but I can't find what they are....
thanks in advance...
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[leilaniguy]

Looks like Ti to me.

[hrooster]

No, it's a large tree, about 20' tall. I always assumed it was macadamia, but have never found other images of such berries on macadamia trees. Here is an image of the tree:

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[dobanion]

Christmas Berry/Brazilian Pepper?

If so, nasty and invasive. All over lower Ka'u.

[Radiopeg]

Does not look like the Brazilian pepper to me. How large are the fruits?

Life goes on, with you or without you.

[hrooster]

each fruit is about 1/4-1/2 inch diameter. For a long time I thought they were flowers, and I was quite surprised when I finally stopped and saw that they were berries.
There are groves of them just after the bypass area south of Peepekeo, so they appear to be cultivated.

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[hrooster]

Citharexylum caudatum (juniperberry) according to the Hawaii Plant ID group at flickr. I can sleep tonight!

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[Carey]

Great job Hrooster!
Here is a HEAR image link:
http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=010425-0086&o=plants

[hikatz]

Another link, which may help in identifying other Hawaiian plants.

If you click on any of the pictures it gives you in depth information about that particular flower/tree or plant.

http://wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/cate...es/page/3/

[hrooster]

Great site, hikatz, thanks!
It was the Starrs who answered my question at Flickr, tho I had spent a long time looking through HEAR (the Starrs own site)....I just couldn't figure a way to narrow my search there.

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