
endemicPittosporaceae
Pittosporum hosmeri
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Pittosporum hosmeri, which also goes by Hō'awa, Hāʻawa, ʻaʻawa, ʻaʻawa hua kukui, or Kona cheesewood is a Perennial Dicot endemic to the island of Hawai'i. It is a species of tree in the Pittosporaceae family. This species is listed as endangered and is endemic to the islands.
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Seasonality
Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 10 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 44 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 75 · GBIF 50 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Momoualoa · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 3
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 3
Waiʻōhinu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapuʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Manukā · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Waimea · OʻahuGBIF 3
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2
ʻĀwini · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kehena 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Maunalua · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1









