Barleria repens
naturalizedAcanthaceae

Barleria repens

Coral Creeper

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Barleria repens (Small bush violet) is a plant of the Acanthaceae family. It occurs in forests and woodlands from tropical Africa to South Africa.

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Seasonality
47 flowering · 0 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak December) fruiting (peak January)

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 · 88 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 293 records
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 49 · GBIF 69
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 30
Honokahua · MauiiNat 14 · GBIF 14
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 16
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 13
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 9
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 8
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 9
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 9
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 6
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 7
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Honolua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻohe 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Launiupoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1