naturalizedPhyllanthaceae
Bischofia javanica
Bishop wood
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Bischofia javanica (Bishop wood) is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It and the related Bischofia polycarpa are the only two members of genus Bischofia and tribe Bischofieae. These species are distributed throughout southern and southeast Asia to Australia and Polynesia also in North America (brought to North America as a decorative plant but now considered to be an invasive species). The tree is commonly used by tigers to scratch-mark territory in the jungles of...
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Seasonality
Only 1 phenology-annotated observation exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
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Where documented · 9 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 202 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 152 · GBIF 147 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 40 · GBIF 38 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuGBIF 2
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahauiki · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1