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One of several trees, but particularly the Malay apple, Caryophyllus Malaccensis. (See Malay apple, under Malay.) It is often called ohia-ai (edible ohia), in distinction from ohia-lehua (flowering ohia), Metrosideros polymorpha, a related tree. See lehua.

Some native plants, especially ohia trees, appear to have evolved to resist the effects of sulfur dioxide. — Statesman - AP Sports
But her ohia trees show off brightly red and yellow blossoms and host several loudly singing birds. — Statesman - AP Sports
Some native plants, especially ohia trees, appear to have evolved to resist the harmful effects of sulfur dioxide over millions of years of growing next to Hawaii's volcanoes. — Starbulletin Headlines
But her ohia trees show off bright red and yellow blossoms and host several loudly singing apapane birds. — Starbulletin Headlines
A 1980 study by Stanford University biologists showed ohia are able to close their stomata — Starbulletin Headlines