endemicPhytolaccaceae
Phytolacca sandwicensis
pōpolo kū mai
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Phytolacca sandwicensis, also known as Hawai'i pokeweed, is a member of the Phytolaccaceae family and is a flowering and fruit bearing species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Locally it is referred to as pōpolo kū mai.
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Seasonality
Only 17 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 29 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 36 · GBIF 61 records
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 18 · GBIF 10 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 7 ✓
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiGBIF 3
Kawela · MolokaʻiGBIF 3
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makahanaloa, Pepeʻekeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honohina · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mauluanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Mapulehu · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻAlaenui · MauiGBIF 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Naholoku · MauiGBIF 1
Kahuā 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kanaio · MauiGBIF 1
Kahana · MauiGBIF 1
Waikolu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1