Colubrina asiatica
indigenousRhamnaceae

Colubrina asiatica

latherleaf

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Colubrina asiatica is a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae that is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, from eastern Africa to India, southeast Asia, tropical Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Common names include latherleaf, Asian nakedwood and Asian snakewood.

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Seasonality

Only 5 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 35 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 48 · GBIF 54 records
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 6
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 4
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 6
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Paʻawili · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Pūkoʻo 2 · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waialua · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiakalua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keawanui · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
‘Aha‘ino 2 · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1