Boehmeria grandis, commonly called ʻakolea, is a flowering species of the Urticaceae family that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

[2] ʻakolea can be found in mesic to wet forests across Hawaiʻi along streams, on ridges, and valley floors.

Multiple sources have cited observations in Makaua Gulch on Oʻahu.

[3] The ʻakolea can look like and be confused with its endemic counterpart Māmaki (Pipturus albidus) of the same family.

[5] Other pulelehua host plants include Māmaki, Olonā (Touchardia latifolia), and Ōpuhe (Urera glabra) and (U.