naturalizedPhyllanthaceae

Phyllanthus tenellus

Mascarene Island leaf-flower

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Phyllanthus tenellus is a herbaceous plant in the leafflower family, Phyllanthaceae. It is commonly called Mascarene Island leaf flower as it is native to the Mascarene Islands. It is often a weed in flower beds, gardens, roadsides, and other disturbed areas.

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Seasonality

Only 10 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 84 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 160 · GBIF 127 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 37 · GBIF 31 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 24 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāhei, Hualua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Koholālele · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keawanui · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Manawai · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ka‘ili‘ula · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓