naturalizedMyrtaceae
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa
Rose Myrtle
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa also known as rose myrtle, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to southern and southeastern Asia, from India, east to southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines, and south to Malaysia and Sulawesi. It grows in coasts, natural forest, riparian zones, wetlands, moist and wet forests, bog margins, from sea level up to 2400 m elevation.
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Seasonality
Only 8 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 26 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 66 · GBIF 57 records
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 9 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 7 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākualoa · MauiGBIF 3
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 2
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Kūkūau 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Keālia · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Haʻikū · MauiGBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1