endemicFabaceae
Erythrina sandwicensis
wiliwili · wiliwili
Endemic deciduous tree of leeward dry forests. Populations were devastated by the introduced Erythrina gall wasp (2005 onward); biocontrol has since allowed partial recovery.
Wiliwili, with the scientific name Erythrina sandwicensis, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the only species of Erythrina that naturally occurs there. It is typically found in Hawaiian tropical dry forests on leeward island slopes up to an elevation of 600 m (2,000 ft).
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Working knowledge for this species
Biocontrol agents · 1
Gallery · 11 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 93 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 110 · GBIF 170 records
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 23 · GBIF 30 ✓
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 8 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaulana, Awalua, ʻŌhiki · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahanahāiki · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaloʻi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kuikuiloloa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuā 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌhikilolo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapana, Kupahua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīʻao · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keālia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaka Kai · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honalo, Māʻihi 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaihoʻonā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nakoʻoka, Laupāhoeho · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 2
Kaʻena · OʻahuGBIF 2
Haʻikū · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Waiohuli · MauiGBIF 2
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honokāne · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Makalawena · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 1
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 1
Kukuipahu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Mākaha · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahanui · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Waiheʻe · MauiGBIF 1
Maunalua · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaiholena · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Olowalu · MauiGBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 1
Puna‘ula · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kamehamenui · MauiGBIF 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Nakula · MauiGBIF 1
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Haʻikū Uka · MauiGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
N/A · KahoʻolaweGBIF 1
Mahana · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kōheo 1-2 · MauiGBIF 1
Kawela · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 1