naturalizedFabaceae
Senna alata
Candelabra Bush
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Senna alata is an important medicinal tree, as well as an ornamental flowering plant in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It also known as emperor's candlesticks, candle bush, candelabra bush, Christmas candles, empress candle plant, ringworm shrub, or candletree. A remarkable species of Senna, it was sometimes separated in its own genus, Herpetica.
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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 · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 51 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 95 · GBIF 75 records
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 14 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hālawa · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokahua · MauiGBIF 5
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paomai · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kukuihala, Kamāʻili · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Paunau · MauiiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Aʻapueo · MauiiNat 1
Waiohonu · MauiiNat 1
Ulumalu · MauiiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waimalu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honolulu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalamaʻula · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1