Santalum paniculatum
endemicSantalaceae

Santalum paniculatum

‘iliahi

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

Santalum paniculatum is a parasitic rainforest tree endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is in the sandalwood family (Santalaceae), and is commonly called ili ahi, or Hawaiian sandalwood. The largest presently known, at Honomolino, South Kona District of the Big Island, is 65 feet (twenty meters) tall and has a diameter at breast height of 2ft 5in ( 2.3 meter girth) A century ago, S. paniculatum reached 82 feet (25 meters) in height and a DBH

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Seasonality

Only 11 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 · 42 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 191 · GBIF 239 records
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 42 · GBIF 45 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 27 · GBIF 28 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 23 · GBIF 27 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 29 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 17 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 18 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 11 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 9 ✓
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 9 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamoku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokāne · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuā 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Niupea, Kealakaha · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pauahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓