naturalizedMalvaceae
Melochia umbellata
toilet paper tree
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Melochia umbellata is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Its specific epithet comes from the Latin umbellatus (umbel-like), referring to the inflorescence.
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Seasonality
Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 62 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 169 · GBIF 154 records
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 40 · GBIF 40 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 29 · GBIF 22 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 16 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikapū · MauiGBIF 6
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalapana, Kupahua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokuhonua, Halepuna · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ahalanui, Laepaoʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 3
Kukuihala, Kamāʻili · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaunala · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawainui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nānāwale · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Aleamai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makuʻu, Pōpōkī, Hālo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻakepa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīkala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaūmana · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Anapuka, Hoʻopūloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pohoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainaku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kahuwai · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Mokuoniki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Mauluanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Puua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Malaekahana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuGBIF 1