Melastoma malabathricum
naturalizedMelastomataceae

Melastoma malabathricum

Malabar Melastome

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

No written account yet for this species.

Seasonality

Only 13 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Where documented · 52 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 251 records
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 39 · GBIF 38 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 27 · GBIF 26 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 21 ✓
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 18 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 12 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 21 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 16 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 12 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 9 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻakepa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓