Passiflora laurifolia
naturalizedPassifloraceae

Passiflora laurifolia

golden bellapple

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Passiflora laurifolia, commonly known as the water lemon, Jamaican honeysuckle, golden bellapple, pomme liane on Martinique & Guadeloupe and orange lilikoi (yellow lilikoi, or simply lilikoi, is the name given to passiflora edulis v. flavicarpa for the valley where it first grew in Hawai'i), is a species in the family Passifloraceae. It is native to tropical Americas. The water lemon is an invasive plant in its home region, and has spread to other parts of the...

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Seasonality
25 flowering · 1 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak June) fruiting (peak June)

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 · 74 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 286 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 22 · GBIF 31
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 19 · GBIF 21
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 20
Honopou · MauiiNat 12 · GBIF 12
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 11
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 12
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 9
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 13
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 9
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 10
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 9
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 8
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 6
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 10
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Honokāne · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kawela · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paʻuwela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waikane · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kīkoʻo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1