polynesian_introductionAsparagaceae
Cordyline fruticosa
kī · ti
Culturally significant canoe plant introduced by early Polynesian settlers. Now widespread, useful in cultural restoration plantings and erosion control around hālau and marae.
Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, known by a wide variety of common names, including cabbage palm, good luck plant, palm lily, ti plant, Kī, Lā‘ī (Hawaiian), Tī Pore (Māori), Sī (Tongan), Lauti (Samoan), and ʻAutī (Tahitian).
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Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 29 · GBIF 26 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 24 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 19 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 19 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 13 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 12 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 9 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 10 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 10 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 13 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 9 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 8 ✓
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 10
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 5
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 4
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 4
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalāhiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuGBIF 3
Honopū · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahauloa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 2
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wākiu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paomai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 2
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2
Honalo, Māʻihi 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honuʻapo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kalopā · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Paumalū · OʻahuGBIF 2
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keōpukaʻuʻuku · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Mailepai · MauiiNat 1
Kaʻakepa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiohonu · MauiiNat 1
Hōlualoa 3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 1
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kawela · MauiiNat 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kikahi · OʻahuGBIF 1
Lumahaʻi · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wailuanui · MauiGBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 1
Manukā · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Nakula · MauiGBIF 1
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pololū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiGBIF 1