naturalizedDioscoreaceae
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Fiveleaf Yam
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Dioscorea pentaphylla is a species of flowering plant in the yam family known by the common name fiveleaf yam. It is native to southern and eastern Asia (China, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.) as well as New Guinea and northern Australia. It is widely cultivated as a food crop and naturalized in Cuba and on several island chains in the Pacific (including Hawaii).
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Seasonality
Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 10 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 27 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 43 · GBIF 41 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 16 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 4
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailau · MolokaʻiGBIF 3
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puua · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kahuwai · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Haneoʻo · MauiGBIF 2
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
‘Ualapu‘e · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waikane · OʻahuGBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Pelekunu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1