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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Genus: | Nestegis |
| Species: | N. sandwicensis
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Nestegis sandwicensis, commonly known as Hawai'i olive[2] or olopua, is a species of flowering tree in the olive family, Oleaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.[3] It is found on all major islands at elevations of 30–1,300 m (98–4,265 ft) in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests,[4] and, especially, dry forests. It usually reaches a height of 6 m (20 ft) with a trunk diameter of 0.2 m (0.66 ft), but may reach 20 m (66 ft) in height with a trunk diameter of 0.9 m (3.0 ft).[5]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Nestegis sandwicensis
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Nestegis sandwicensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ Otto Degener, Isa Degener, & Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson. 1958. Flora Hawaiiensis; the New Illustrated Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu, fam 300
- ^ "olopua, pua, ulupua". Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (1860). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 5. Boston: Metcalf and Co.