Synonyms: Acrostichum crassifolium Gaudich.; A. reticulatum Kaulf.; Anetium reticulatum (Kaulf.) C. Presl; Elaphoglossum reticulatum (Kaulf.) Gaudich.; Hymenodium crassifolium (Gaudich.) Fee; H. reticulatum (Kaulf.) T. Moore

Common names: hoe a Maui ("Maui's paddle"), 'ekaha

Endemic                  

Latin crassus, thick, stout, +folium, leaf, in reference to the leathery texture of the blade.

Medium-sized, terrestrial or epiphytic. Rhizomes short-creeping, densely clothed with scales, 1-2.5 cm diam. with scales (5-10 mm diam. without scales), scales imbricate, lanceolate, 1-1.5(-2) cm long, light brown to reddish brown to black, with lighter-colored margins. Stipes (2.5-) 4-10(-27) cm long, not winged. Sterile blades erect, broadly oblong-lanceolate, 16-45 cm long, thick and brittle, glabrous, tips blunt. Veins reticulate, indistinct, bifurcating and anastomosing freely.

Common, forming large, close-set clusters in habitats varying from open mesic woods and open wet forests to dense rain forests, 300-1,300 m, all major islands.

Elaphoglossum crassifolium is the most common species of this genus in Hawai'i. It may be recognized by its leathery fronds and is the only Hawaiian Elaphoglossum species with a netlike vein pattern.