Furcraea foetida
naturalizedAsparagaceae

Furcraea foetida

Mauritius hemp

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Furcraea foetida (Giant Cabuya, Green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp) is a species of flowering plant native to the Caribbean and northern South America. It is widely cultivated and reportedly naturalized in many places (India, parts of Africa, Portugal, Australia, Thailand, Florida, and many oceanic islands)

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Seasonality

Only 3 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 96 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 197 · GBIF 242 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 23 · GBIF 34
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 19
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 14 · GBIF 15
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 9 · GBIF 14
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 11
Honokahua · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 5
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 9
Pōhakuao · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6
Honokalani · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 3
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kaʻakaʻaniu · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Honopou · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Honolua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kaʻohe 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kahana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Mahana · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Opihipau, Hukiaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kalāhiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
West Kaupakulua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Naholoku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Awakeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1