naturalizedEuphorbiaceae
Acalypha hispida
Chenille-plant
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Acalypha hispida, the chenille plant, is a flowering shrub which belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae, the subfamily Acalyphinae, and the genus Acalypha. Acalypha is the fourth largest genus of the Euphorbiaceae family, and contains many plants native to Hawaii and Oceania. This plant is also known as the Philippines Medusa, red hot cat's tail and fox tail in English, pokok ekor kucing in Malay, Rabo de Gato in Portuguese, Tai tượng đuôi chồn in Vietnamese and...
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Where documented · 54 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 25 records
Wailuku · MauiiNat 19 · GBIF 14 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 30
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 26 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 20
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 16
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 7
Waikapū · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 5
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 5
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 5
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 4
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 3
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 2
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Hoʻokena · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1
Keonepokoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1
Kalalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Peahi · MauiiNat 1
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hālawa · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1
Polaiki · MauiiNat 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wainaku · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiGBIF 1