Cleome gynandra
naturalizedCleomaceae

Cleome gynandra

Spiderwisp

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Cleome gynandra is a species of Cleome that is used as a green vegetable. It is known by many common names including Shona cabbage, African cabbage, spiderwisp, cat's whiskers, chinsaga and stinkweed. It is an annual wildflower native to Africa but has become widespread in many tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world. It is an erect, branching plant generally between 25 cm and 60 cm tall. Its sparse leaves are each made up of 3-5 oval-shaped leaflets....

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Seasonality

Only 15 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 79 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 219 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 29 · GBIF 35
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 11
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 7
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 8
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 9
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 5
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 5
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Paunau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Puapuaʻa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Naholoku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kauhakō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahuā 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pālāʻau · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻalaea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pahipahiʻālua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalua‘aha · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kapulei · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Mākolelau · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1