naturalizedEuphorbiaceae
Macaranga tanarius
Elephant's Ear
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Macaranga tanarius is a plant found in South East Asia, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. It's commonly seen as a pioneer species in disturbed rainforest areas. Easily recognised for the round veiny leaves. In Australia it naturally occurs from the Richmond River, New South Wales to Cooktown in tropical Queensland.
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Seasonality
Only 3 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 59 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 296 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 71 · GBIF 131 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 14 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 15 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 13 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 10 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 11 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 7 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Malaekahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 5
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waialeʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiGBIF 2
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1
Makawao · MauiiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaluanui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiheʻe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Mānana · OʻahuGBIF 1