Postcard from Hawaiʻi – ʻŌhelo

We found a few of these when hiking in Volcanos NP a couple weeks ago. A little searching revealed some ripe ones. Nice flavor, a little tart, not unlike cranberry they need a little sweetener to make them really good.

'Ōhelo
ʻŌhelo berry (Vaccinium reticulatum) fruiting on lava flows along Saddle Road

Author: Andrew

An electrical engineer, amateur astronomer, and diver, living and working on the island of Hawaiʻi.

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