indigenousGoodeniaceae
Scaevola taccada
beach naupaka
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Scaevola taccada, also known as beach cabbage, sea lettuce, beach naupaka, naupaka kahakai (Hawaiian), magoo (Divehi), merambong (Malay), bapaceda or papatjeda (Moluccan Islands), ngahu (Tongan) is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae found in coastal locations in the tropical areas of the Indo-Pacific. It is a common beach shrub throughout the Arabian Sea, the tropical Indian Ocean and the tropical Islands of the Pacific.
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Seasonality
185 flowering · 67 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak October)■ 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.
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Where documented · 123 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 193 · GBIF 280 records
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 13 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 13 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 14 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 9 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 8
Honokalani · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Anahola · KauaʻiGBIF 5
Kūkiʻo, Maniniʻōwali · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Punalau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiGBIF 3
Keana · OʻahuGBIF 3
Kamiloloa (Government) · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 2
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kauleolī 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Palauea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2
Kukuihala, Kamāʻili · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 2
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 2
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mahana · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 2
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 2
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makalawena · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kumimi · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Mohopilo · MauiGBIF 2
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuGBIF 2
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 2
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kuikuiloloa · OʻahuiNat 1
Kauaea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Makakupa‘ia · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahue · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Olowalu · MauiiNat 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuiNat 1
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 1
Makaweli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiGBIF 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaluanui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Onomea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiakoa · MauiGBIF 1
West Makaīwa · MauiGBIF 1
Waiehu · MauiGBIF 1
Kawela · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hīleaiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kanahena · MauiGBIF 1
Moanalua · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honuʻapo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaueleau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Showing the 120 most-documented of 123.