invasiveMyrtaceae
Psidium cattleianum
waiawī · strawberry guava
Invasive (non-native)non-native
Introduced and causing ecological or economic harm.
Forms dense monotypic stands that displace native forest. Among the most ecologically damaging invasive trees in Hawaiʻi; subject to controversy around biocontrol due to cultural uses.
Where documented · 68 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · GBIF · GBIF 300 records
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 54
Waikīkī · OʻahuGBIF 49
Keauhou · HawaiʻiGBIF 28
Honolulu · OʻahuGBIF 19
ʻAiea · OʻahuGBIF 11
Kahakuloa · MauiGBIF 9
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiGBIF 9
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 8
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 7
South Olohena · KauaʻiGBIF 5
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 5
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 5
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiGBIF 5
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiGBIF 4
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Hāʻena · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Honokāne · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Manukā · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kalauao · OʻahuGBIF 3
Waimano · OʻahuGBIF 3
Mānana · OʻahuGBIF 3
Paumalū · OʻahuGBIF 3
Honokahua · MauiGBIF 2
Kailua · OʻahuGBIF 2
Maunalua · OʻahuGBIF 2
East Makaīwa · MauiGBIF 2
Heʻeia · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kalopā · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 2
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
ʻAlaenui · MauiGBIF 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻena · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Honolua · MauiGBIF 1
Waiheʻe · MauiGBIF 1
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaunolū · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻAlaeiki · MauiGBIF 1
Kalihikai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Honopou · MauiGBIF 1
Paeahu · MauiGBIF 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pālāʻau · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahauiki · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kapālama · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 1
Kaohai · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Pohoiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honopū · KauaʻiGBIF 1