
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
■ 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 ✓
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 4
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 ✓
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2
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 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiGBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1
Mākua · OʻahuiNat 1
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kahauloa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1
Papaʻanui · MauiGBIF 1
Kahuku · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honolua · MauiGBIF 1
Kaluanui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honokōhau · MauiGBIF 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalialinui · MauiGBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waikapū · MauiGBIF 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Mānana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 1