naturalizedCostaceae

Tapeinochilos ananassae

Indonesian wax ginger

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Tapeinochilos ananassae is an herb in the Costaceae described as a species in 1866. It is native to Queensland, New Guinea, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku.

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Where documented · 22 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 78 · GBIF 30 records
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 23 · GBIF 6
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 6
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 1
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1