Sesbania tomentosa
endemicFabaceae

Sesbania tomentosa

'ōhai

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

No written account yet for this species.

Seasonality
40 flowering · 6 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak February)■ 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.

Where documented · 51 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 48 · GBIF 84 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 8 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 6 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nakula · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓