Experience paradise through handcrafted island beauty. The dark green leaves can be easily overlooked by the uninitiated Maile is a fragrant native vine endemic to all of hawai’i except kaho’olawe and ni’ihau
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Maile is a member of the family apocynaceae and genus alyxia
The leaves vary in size, shape, and color ranging from dark to fairly light green.
Maile is also found in montane mesic and wet communities A pacific island vine (alyxia stellata) of the dogbane family with fragrant leaves and bark that are used for decoration and in hawaii for leis The leaves are highly variable in size, shape, and color ranging from dark to fairly light green Maile does well as understory plants with other native species such as ʻōhiʻa, koa, āulu or lonomea, mānele, pāpala kepau, and hāpuʻu
Some forms are good for trellises, others a low growing shrubs. Maile is its hawaiian name, and alyxia oliviformis is its scientific name The leaf has a dark green hue, and its scent is a woodsy fragrance with just a hint of spice and vanilla It is not tinted because its dark green color is so popular and sought after in hawaiian leis.
One of five of the native plants to honor laka, goddess of hula
Legendary story about 4 maile sisters who sponsored hula, picture on the left shows maile berries. Found primarily in the forests of oahu and other hawaiian islands, maile grows as a woody vine or shrub with shiny green leaves and small, tubular flowers Its leathery foliage and distinctive fragrance make it one of the most cherished plants in hawaiian tradition. Maile is an indigenous vine or shrub found in wet forests throughout the hawaiian islands
