endemicRutaceae
Zanthoxylum dipetalum
Kawa'u
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Zanthoxylum dipetalum is a rare species of tree in the citrus family and in the same genus as Szechuan pepper. It is known by the common name kawa'u and is endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago, where it grows in forests on 3 or 4 of the islands.
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Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 21 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 25 · GBIF 44 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 14 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kauaʻula · MauiGBIF 6
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Paumalū · OʻahuGBIF 2
Hāʻena · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Keauhou · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kamiloloa · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kalalau · KauaʻiGBIF 1