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Alocasia cucullata
Buddha's Hand Taro
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Alocasia cucullata is a species of flowering plant in the arum family known by the common names Chinese taro, Chinese ape, Buddha's hand, and hooded dwarf elephant ear. It is kept as an ornamental plant.
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Seasonality
Only 0 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 · 41 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 95 · GBIF 55 records
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 26 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
West Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 3
Kukuihaele · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ulumalu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 2
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1
Honopueo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waimalu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 1