indigenousApocynaceae
Alyxia stellata
Maile
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Alyxia stellata is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. Its white bark gives away a certain distinctive smell and bitter taste. This plant grows wild in the forests and in the fields of mountainous area. The bark contains: tannic substances, coumarin, bitter substances, and alkaloids.
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Seasonality
107 flowering · 100 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak January)■ fruiting (peak March)
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 · 87 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 138 · GBIF 211 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 23 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 9 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 10 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 11 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 4 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 9 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 9 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuGBIF 4
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nuʻu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaluanui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻōhinu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nakoʻoka, Laupāhoeho · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻāpahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokulēʻia 2 · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kalihikai · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Waiāhole · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kahauloa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1
Manawai · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1
Wailau · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Waikele · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiau · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahuā 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pāpaʻaʻea · MauiGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kamehamenui · MauiGBIF 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Lauhulu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waikane · OʻahuGBIF 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiGBIF 1
Kaʻala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Manowaialeʻe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1