naturalizedFabaceae
Indigofera suffruticosa
Shrubby Indigo
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Indigofera suffruticosa, commonly known as Guatemalan indigo, small-leaved indigo (Sierra Leone), West Indian indigo, wild indigo, and anil, is a flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. In Hawaiian, it is known as either ʻinikō/inikoa, or kolū; in Fijian it is called vaivai, the Samoans call it laʻau mageso, on Guam it is called aniles, and in Tonga it is referred to as ʻakauveli (itchy plant).
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Seasonality
12 flowering · 15 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak December)■ fruiting (peak May)
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 · 130 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 182 records
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 11 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waipā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kiolakaʻa, Puʻumakaʻā · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keālia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahuwai · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makawao · MauiGBIF 3
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kikahi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaulanamauna · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻauhau · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nienie · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hoʻolehua · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kanaio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Aukuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mahana · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamehameiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moakea · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Naholoku · MauiGBIF 2
Honokahua · MauiGBIF 2
Kaluanui · OʻahuGBIF 2
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanehoi · MauiiNat 1
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1
Paʻuwela · MauiiNat 1
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 1
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kākiʻo · MauiiNat 1
Kanahonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1
Kalamaʻula · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honopueo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kalua‘aha · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Hamanamana · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahakuloa · MauiGBIF 1
Kahanahāiki · OʻahuGBIF 1
Showing the 120 most-documented of 130.