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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Broussaisia''
| image = Broussaisia arguta.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cornales]]
| familia = [[Hydrangeaceae]]
| genus = '''''Broussaisia'''''
| species = '''''B. arguta'''''
| binomial = ''Broussaisia arguta''
| binomial_authority = [[Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré|Gaud.]]
}}

'''''Broussasia''''' is a monotypic [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]] in the family Hydrangeaceae. It consists of the single [[species]] '''''Broussaisia arguta''''', known commonly as '''Kanawao'''.

Kanawao is a [[perennial plant]] native to [[Hawaii]]. A relative of the garden [[Hydrangea]], it is a widespread species occurring in mesic and wet forests on all Hawaii's main islands. It is a [[dioecious]], [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] growing to 4 m tall, with opposite, ovate [[leaf|leaves]] 15-30 cm long with a serrated margin.

==References==
*[http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/broussaisia_arguta.htm Plants of Hawaii: ''Broussaisia arguta'']