naturalizedMelastomataceae
Medinilla cumingii
chandelier tree
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Medinilla cummingii (chandelier tree), often spelled Medinilla cumingii, is a species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to mossy forest of the Philippines at 700-1000 m altitude. It is a small shrub, 1-2 m in height, with ternate or quaternate leaves, and many-flowered, pendant panicles up to 25 cm long. Fruits are 5-7 mm in diameter, pink to purplish to bluish-black when ripe.
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Seasonality
Only 13 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 46 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 197 · GBIF 173 records
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 33 · GBIF 43 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 26 · GBIF 20 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 24 · GBIF 17 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 21 · GBIF 13 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 21 · GBIF 11 ✓
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 6 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuaiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻieʻie · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 2
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 2
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pueopaku · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pūlehuiki · MauiiNat 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Opihikao · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiGBIF 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kamehamenui · MauiGBIF 1
Wākiu · MauiGBIF 1
Keauhou · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Haʻikū · MauiGBIF 1