endemicFabaceae
Sophora chrysophylla
māmane · mamane
Subalpine endemic tree critical to the palila (an endangered honeycreeper) which depends on its seeds. Core target of high-elevation restoration work, particularly on Mauna Kea.
Sophora chrysophylla, known as Māmane in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is highly polymorphic, growing as a shrub or tree, and able to reach a height of 15 m (49 ft) in tree form. Yellow flowers are produced in winter and spring.
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Where documented · 28 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 299 records
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 76 · GBIF 123 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 69 · GBIF 94 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 23 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 16 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Nuʻu · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Papaʻanui · MauiGBIF 3
Kahuku · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Pūlehuiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 2
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Halelua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahuā 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Papaʻanui · MauiGBIF 1
Kaloʻi · MauiGBIF 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiGBIF 1
Nakula · MauiGBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiGBIF 1