Clusia rosea
naturalizedClusiaceae

Clusia rosea

autograph tree

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Clusia rosea, the autograph tree, copey, cupey, balsam apple, pitch-apple, and Scotch attorney, is a tropical and sub-tropical plant species in the genus Clusia. The name Clusia major is sometimes misapplied to this species.

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Seasonality
12 flowering · 31 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak January)■ 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 · 97 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 192 · GBIF 280 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 19 · GBIF 35 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 23 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 18 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 9 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 8 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 10 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 5 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 8 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kualoa 2 · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punanue · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haina · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓