Tribulus cistoides
indigenousZygophyllaceae

Tribulus cistoides

Jamaican feverplant

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Tribulus cistoides, the Jamaican feverplant or puncture vine, is a species of flowering plant in the Zygophyllaceae family, which is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.

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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 · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 30 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 114 · GBIF 89 records
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 28 · GBIF 19 ✓
Papaka Kai · MauiiNat 17 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 9 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimea · NiʻihauiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiʻōhinu · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓