Fruit is  long and contains many  seeds. The bracts and fruit of the ieie were a favorite food of the ōū (Psittirostra psittacea), an extinct Hawaiian honeycreeper that was formerly a principal seed dispersal vector for plants with small seeded, fleshy fruits in low elevation forests.
Fruit is  long and contains many  seeds. The calyxes and fruit of the ieie were a favorite food of the ōū (Psittirostra psittacea), an extinct Hawaiian honeycreeper that was formerly a principal seed dispersal vector for plants with small seeded, fleshy fruits in low elevation forests.