naturalizedFabaceae
Pithecellobium dulce
Madras Thorn
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Pithecellobium dulce is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. It is an Introduced species and extensively naturalized in the Caribbean, Florida, Guam, India, Bangladesh and the Philippines. It is considered an invasive species in Hawaii.
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Seasonality
Only 3 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 70 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 187 · GBIF 254 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 23 · GBIF 40 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 23 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 11 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 12 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 11 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 9 ✓
Olowalu · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 7 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 5 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
N/A · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honalo, Māʻihi 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kiʻilae · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kauleolī 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lauhulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kahauloa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Hōlualoa 3 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Waimea · NiʻihauGBIF 2
Kaʻohe 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
East ʻŌhiʻa · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 1
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kukuiopaʻe 1-2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Haʻikū · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiGBIF 1
Ukumehame · MauiGBIF 1
Kūpeke · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Moaliʻi · MauiGBIF 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waialua · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Mānana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Polanui · MauiGBIF 1
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1