Touchardia sandwicensis

Touchardia sandwicensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae.

[1] It is a tree native to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is commonly known as ōpuhe, hōpue, or hona.

It has a straight trunk up to 1 foot in diameter, and grey, smooth, fibrous bark.

[2] It is widespread in moist forests throughout the islands, growing from 150–1,680 metres (490–5,510 ft) elevation on Hawaii.

[1] A phylogenetic analysis published in 2021 revealed that U. sandwicensis is more closely related to Touchardia latifolia, another Hawaiian endemic, than to the other species in genus Urera,[3] and the species was placed in genus Touchardia as T.