
naturalizedCommelinaceae
Commelina benghalensis
Benghal Dayflower
Commelina benghalensis, commonly known as the Benghal dayflower, tropical spiderwort, or wandering Jew, kanshira in Bengali, is a perennial herb native to tropical Asia and Africa. It has been widely introduced to areas outside its native range, including to the neotropics, Hawaii, the West Indies and to both coasts of North America. It flowers from spring into the fall and is often associated with disturbed soils.
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Where documented · 37 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 112 · GBIF 76 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 41 · GBIF 25 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 19 · GBIF 15 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻauʻau 1, Palima · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Halehaku · MauiGBIF 2
Hōlualoa 4 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kūpeke · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻohe 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalua‘aha · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻena · OʻahuGBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuGBIF 1





