Maile is a fragrant native vine endemic to all of hawai’i except kaho’olawe and ni’ihau 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. The leaves are highly variable in size, shape, and color ranging from dark to fairly light green Maile is also found in montane mesic and wet communities For centuries, leis made from the shiny fragrant leaves of maile (alyxia oliviformis) have been used to communicate love, respect, blessing, enduring devotion, reverence, friendship, and a desire for peace
Maile is an indigenous vine or shrub found in wet forests throughout the hawaiian islands. 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.
The leaves vary in size, shape, Alyxia stellata, known as maile in hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, apocynaceae, that is native to hawaii It grows as either a twining liana, scandent shrub, or small erect shrub, and is one of the few vines that are endemic to the islands.
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