naturalizedBignoniaceae
Spathodea campanulata
African tulip tree
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Spathodea is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, Spathodea campanulata, is commonly known as the African tuliptree, fountain tree, pichkari or Nandi flame. The tree grows between 7–25 m (23–82 ft) tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa. It has been nominated as among 100 of the "World's Worst" invaders.
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Seasonality
71 flowering · 14 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak January)■ fruiting (peak January)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
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Where documented · 115 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 197 · GBIF 293 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 39 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 12 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 15 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 12 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 9 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 14 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 11 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 6
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honohina · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuanui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 3
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kukuiʻula · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuʻia · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waineʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kukuihala, Kamāʻili · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Malaekahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 2
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2
Pihā, Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honalo, Māʻihi 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 2
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipunalei · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kalapakī · KauaʻiGBIF 2
South Olohena · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 2
Haʻikū · MauiGBIF 2
Waimea · OʻahuGBIF 2
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 2
Pūpūkea · OʻahuGBIF 2
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hanehoi · MauiiNat 1
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 1
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1
Kaʻakepa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waipā · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Kamaʻole · MauiGBIF 1
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Keaʻau · OʻahuGBIF 1
Paʻuwela · MauiGBIF 1
Papaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kukuikea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Paeahu · MauiGBIF 1
Kalopā · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaunala · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kapālama · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaūmana · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiGBIF 1
Kahana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Waipiʻoiki · MauiGBIF 1
Mānana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaimū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1