endemicScrophulariaceae
Myoporum sandwicense
naio
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Myoporum sandwicense, commonly known as naio, bastard sandalwood or false sandalwood is a species of flowering in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a tree or shrub highly variable in its form, the size and shape of its leaves, in the number of flowers in a group and in the shape of its fruit. It is endemic to Hawaiʻi.
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Seasonality
56 flowering · 24 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak December)■ fruiting (peak December)
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.
Gallery · 3 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 65 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 190 · GBIF 272 records
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 30 · GBIF 37 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 19 · GBIF 34 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 26 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 18 · GBIF 15 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 16 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 15 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 10 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 7
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuGBIF 4
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Palauea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Keauhou · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kaulanamauna · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paomai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kanahena · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kualapa · MauiGBIF 2
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1
Waikīkī · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kalihi · MauiGBIF 1
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahikinui · MauiGBIF 1
Papaka Kai · MauiGBIF 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
N/A · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Mahana · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Honokōwai · MauiGBIF 1