Smilax melastomifolia
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Smilax melastomifolia

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Smilax melastomifolia, the Hawai'i greenbrier, is a species of spiny vine found in nature only in the Hawaiian Islands. Spines occur not only on the stems but also on the underside of the leaves and on the peduncles of female flowers. Berries are white or pale green.

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Where documented · 71 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 278 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 42 · GBIF 70
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 35 · GBIF 38
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 24 · GBIF 28
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 12
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 9
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 4
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 8
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 8
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 2
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Makawao · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waikolu · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pāʻauʻau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1