Myoporum sandwicense

Myoporum sandwicense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Myoporum
Species:
M. sandwicense
Binomial name
Myoporum sandwicense
Synonyms
  • Myoporum degeneri (G.L.Webster) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
  • Myoporum fauriei H.Lév.
  • Myoporum sandwicense var. degeneri G.L.Webster
  • Myoporum sandwicense subsp. lanaiense (G.L.Webster) Chinnock
  • Myoporum sandwicense var. lanaiense G.L.Webster
  • Myoporum sandwicense subsp. st-johnii G.L.Webster
  • Myoporum st-johnii (G.L.Webster) O.Deg. & Greenwell
  • Polycoelium sandwicense A.DC.

Myoporum sandwicense, commonly known as naio, bastard sandalwood or false sandalwood is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a tree or shrub highly variable in its form, the size and shape of its leaves, in the number of flowers in a group and in the shape of its fruit. It is native to the Hawaiian Islands and the island of ʻEua in Tonga.