Thunbergia fragrans
naturalizedAcanthaceae

Thunbergia fragrans

Sweet clockvine

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Thunbergia fragrans, the whitelady is a perennial climbing twiner in the genus Thunbergia.

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Seasonality
35 flowering · 1 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak May)■ fruiting (peak November)

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 · 94 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 291 records
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 22 · GBIF 30 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 22 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 11 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 9 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hālawa, Napapaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wahikuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Palauea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓