naturalizedCostaceae
Hellenia speciosa
Crêpe ginger
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Cheilocostus speciosus, or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plants in the family Costaceae. Some botanists have now revived the synonym Hellenia speciosa for this species.
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Seasonality
26 flowering · 0 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak August)■ fruiting (peak January)
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 · 66 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 248 records
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 22 · GBIF 40 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 22 · GBIF 28 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 25 · GBIF 15 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 20 · GBIF 18 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 18 · GBIF 19 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 21 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 20 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pāpaʻaʻea · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanehoi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokōhau · MauiGBIF 2
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Mahana · LānaʻiGBIF 2
Kaiwikinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Olowalu · MauiiNat 1
Moloaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Ulumalu · MauiiNat 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1
Honokalani · MauiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Honokahua · MauiGBIF 1
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻUlaʻino · MauiGBIF 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 1
Honomanü · MauiGBIF 1
Kīkala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
East Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Keaʻā · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaimū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1