Hibiscus tiliaceus
indigenousMalvaceae

Hibiscus tiliaceus

sea hibiscus

Hibiscus tiliaceus is a species of flowering tree in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is native to the Old World tropics. Common names include sea hibiscus, beach hibiscus, coastal (or coast) hibiscus, coastal (or coast) cottonwood, green cottonwood, native hibiscus, native rosella, cottonwood hibiscus, kurrajong, sea rosemallow, balibago (Tagalog),malabago (Cebuano - Southern), maribago (Cebuano - Northern),bhendi (Marathi), waru (Indonesian), hau (Hawaiian), fau (Samoan), purau (Tahitian), and vau tree. The specific epithet, "tiliaceus", refers to its resemblance...

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Where documented · 122 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 187 · GBIF 286 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 23 · GBIF 25
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 22
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 20
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 16
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 16
Honokahua · MauiiNat 9 · GBIF 5
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 7
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 11
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Paeahu · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Wailuanui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honopou · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Kahana · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Honomakaʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hālawa · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Launiupoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Showing the 120 most-documented of 122.