indigenousPandanaceae
Pandanus tectorius
thatch screwpine
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean. Common names in English include Tahitian screwpine, thatch screwpine., hala tree; pandanus, and pu hala in Hawaiian. The fruit is sometimes known as hala fruit.
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Seasonality
9 flowering · 66 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak October)■ fruiting (peak May)
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 · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 110 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 196 · GBIF 284 records
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 35 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 22 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 17 · GBIF 14 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 12 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 15 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 15 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 7 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 7 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 3
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kūkiʻo, Maniniʻōwali · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Palauea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 2
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 2
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keonepokoiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Honokāne · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Nānāwale · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 2
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Malaekahana · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kapālama · OʻahuGBIF 2
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1
Punaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1
Mākaha · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pāʻā · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kāhili · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻUlaʻino · MauiGBIF 1
Onomea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waineʻe · MauiGBIF 1
Papaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Keālia · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kalauao · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaueleau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻāpahu · MauiGBIF 1
Makawao · MauiGBIF 1
Wailua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honopū · KauaʻiGBIF 1