Canavalia cathartica
naturalizedFabaceae

Canavalia cathartica

Poisonous Sea Bean

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

No written account yet for this species.

Seasonality
29 flowering · 7 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak May)■ fruiting (peak January)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

Where documented · 95 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 194 · GBIF 289 records
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 31 · GBIF 25 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 28 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 21 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 9 · GBIF 18 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 15 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 12 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 12 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 12 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 8 ✓
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 11 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hāmoa · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikoko · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaueleau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓