indigenousLauraceae
Cassytha filiformis
laurel dodder
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Cassytha filiformis, common name love-vine, is a species of obligate parasitic vine in the family Lauraceae. The species has a pantropical distribution encompassing the Americas, Indomalaya, Australasia, Polynesia and East Africa In the Caribbean region, it is one of several plants known as "Love vine" because it has a reputation as an aphrodisiac.
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Seasonality
Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 69 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 139 · GBIF 152 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 24 · GBIF 25 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 20 · GBIF 17 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 11 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 6 ✓
West Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Mahana · LānaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kealakomo · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Paomai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Makanikahio 1-2, Auau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 4
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikane · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 3
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wākiu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakalua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikākuʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolua · MauiGBIF 2
Kapaka · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kalamaʻula · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kukuiopaʻe 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pāpā 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Makaua 2 · OʻahuiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1
Honopue · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pāpā 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Makanalua · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Nuʻu · MauiGBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Maunalei · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Honomuni · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Makaweli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahue · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kamalō · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kāwala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimea · NiʻihauGBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pūʻālaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiGBIF 1