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Xanthosoma robustum

elephant ear

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Xanthosoma robustum, also known as Elephant Ear, is a robust herbaceous plant native to Central Mexico and Central America that can grow up to 4 meters tall. It's an important plant with uses in medicine, environmental applications, and as a food source. This species has large, waxy, green leaves that can grow over a meter long. The plant also produces distinct inflorescences with a white to yellowish-green spathe and a pale yellow to ochre spadix.

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Seasonality

Only 4 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

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Where documented · 77 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 299 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 73 · GBIF 52 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 36 · GBIF 72 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 32 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 11 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 6 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻalaea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓