naturalizedMusaceae
Musa acuminata
Cavendish banana
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Musa acuminata is a species of banana native to Southeast Asia. Most of the modern edible dessert bananas belong to this species, although some are hybrids with Musa balbisiana. First cultivated by humans at around 8000 BC, it is one of the early examples of domesticated plants.
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Seasonality
Only 7 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 80 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 57 records
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 28 · GBIF 13 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 25 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 22 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kiolakaʻa, Puʻumakaʻā · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4
Waikapū · MauiiNat 4
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 3
Honokahua · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuanui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 3
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 3
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻakuloa, Kapena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Aleamai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiohonu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2
Honokeana · MauiiNat 2
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1
Kalaupapa · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 1
Mākao · OʻahuiNat 1
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 1
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hōlualoa 3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kīkoʻo · MauiiNat 1
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 1
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Ulumalu · MauiiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1
ʻAlaeloa · MauiiNat 1
Opihikao · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahuku · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 1