naturalizedCaricaceae
Carica papaya
Papaya
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
The papaya (/pəˈpaɪə/ or US: /pəˈpɑːjə/) (from Carib via Spanish), papaw, (/pəˈpɔː/) or pawpaw (/ˈpɔːˌpɔː/) is the plant Carica papaya, one of the 22 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae. Its origin is in the tropics of the Americas, perhaps from southern Mexico and neighboring Central America.
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Seasonality
16 flowering · 45 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak January)■ fruiting (peak May)
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 · 136 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 285 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 17 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 16 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 15 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 9 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 7 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuhaoa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kāwala · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Haʻikū · MauiGBIF 3
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaeloa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 4 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moʻoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūehuehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 2
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kapaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1
Hīleaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻohe 4 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kaʻāpahu · MauiiNat 1
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kiʻilae · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wailua · MauiGBIF 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kualoa 2 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Puapuaʻa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waipā · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Kahauloa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Mohopilo · MauiGBIF 1
Papaʻanui · MauiGBIF 1
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Paʻuwela · MauiGBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaʻohe 1-3 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Papaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiGBIF 1
Showing the 120 most-documented of 136.