Vines

Family Convolvulaceae

Morning Glory Family

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Jacquemontia ovalifolia subsp. sandwicensis   

PA'UOHI'IAKA

 

Family Cuscutaceae

Dodder Family

Cuscuta sandwichiana   

KAUNA'OA

 

Family Fabaceae

Bean Family

Canavalia pubescens   

'AWIKIWIKI

 

Family Apocynaceae

Plumeria Family

Alyxia oliviformis   

MAILE

 

Family Smilacaceae

Catbriar Family

Smilax melastomifolia  

HOI KUAHIWI

 


HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Family Lauraceae

Avocado Family

Cassytha filiformis

KAUNA'OA PEHU    LOVE VINE    DEVIL'S GUT    DODDER

 

Family Convolvulaceae

Morning Glory Family

Ipomoea pes-caprae

BEACH MORNING GLORY    POHUEHUE

 

Ipomoea imperati

HUNAKAI

 

Ipomoea littoralis

MORNING GLORY    KOALI 'AWA

 

Ipomoea indica

INDIAN MORNING GLORY    KOALI 'AWA

 

Ipomoea cairica

IVY-LEAVED MORNING GLORY    KOALI 'AI

 

Merremia aegytia

HAIRY MORNING GLORY    KOALI KUA HULU

 

Family Fabaceae

Bean Family

Vigna marina

BEACH PEA    NANEA

 

Caesalpinia bonduc

YELLOW NICKERS    KAKALAIOA

 

Family Menispermaceae

Moonseed Family

Cocculus orbiculatus

MOONSEED    HUEHUE

 

Family Pandanaceae

Pandanus Family

Freycinetia arborea

Pauoa Flats, Oahu

 

Fruit

'IE'IE

 


HAWAII - POLYNESIAN INTRODUCTION

Family Convolvulaceae

Morning Glory Family

Ipomoea batatas

UH Manoa Campus

SWEET POTATO VINE        'UALA

 

Family Cucurbitaceae

Gourd Family

Lagenaria siceraria

BOTTLE or CALABASH GOURD, LONG SQUASH   IPU    HYOTAN

 


HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Family Fabaceae

Bean Family

Canavalia sericea

SILKY JACKBEAN    POHUE

 

Clitoria ternatea

BUTTERFLY PEA

 

Neonotonia wightii

GLYCINE

 

Lablab purpureus

HYACINTH BEAN

 

Family Cuscutaceae

Dodder Family

Cuscuta campestris

WESTERN FIELD DODDER

 

Family Convolvulaceae

Morning Glory Family

Ipomoea obscura

WHITE MORNING GLORY

 

Ipomoea ochracea

YELLOW MORNING GLORY

 

Ipomoea triloba

LITTLE BELL

 

Ipomoea alba

MOON FLOWER    KOALI PEHU

 

Family Polygonaceae

Buckwheat Family

Antigonon leptopus

MEXICAN CREEPER or CORAL VINE

 

Family Cucurbitaceae

Gourd Family

Momordica charantia

BITTER MELON

 

Coccinea grandis

IVY or SCARLET-FRUITED GOURD

 

Family Passifloraceae

Passion Fruit Family

Passiflora foetida

LOVE-IN-A-MIST    POHA-POHA

 

Passiflora suberosa

HUEHUE HAOLE

 

Passiflora subpeltata

WHITE PASSION FLOWER

 

Family Araceae

Taro Family

Epipremnum pinnatum

TARO VINE or GOLDEN POTHOS

 

Family Acanthaceae

Thunbergia Family

Thunbergia grandiflora

BENGAL TRUMPET, LARGE-FLOWERED THUNBERGIA

 

Family Scrophulariaceae

Figwort Family

Lophospermum erubescens

CREEPING GLOXINIA    MEXICAN TWIST

 

Family Hydrangeaceae

Hydrangea Family

Philadelphus karwinskianus

PHILADELPHUS, EVERGREEN MOCK ORANGE

 

Family Oleaceae

Jasmine Family

Jasminum fluminense

BRAZILIAN JASMINE

 

Family Cactaceae

Cactus Family

Hylocereus undatus

NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS, DRAGON FRUIT

 


HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Family Nyctaginaceae

Four o'clock Family

Bougainvillea spp.

BOUGAINVILLEA

 

Family Bignoniaceae

Trumpet Tree Family

Macfadyena unguis-cati

CAT'S-CLAW VINE

 

Pandorea jasminoides

BOWER VINE

 

Podranea ricasoliana

PINK TRUMPET VINE

 

Tecomanthe dendrophylla

TECOMANTHE

 

Family Verbenaceae

Verbena Family

Clerodendrum magnificum

MAGNIFICENT CLERODENDRUM 

 

Clerodendrum thomsonae

BLEEDING HEART 

 

Family Oleaceae

Jasmine Family

Jasminum laurifolium f. nitidum

ANGEL-WING JASMINE

 

Jasminum multiflorum

 DOWNY JASMINE

 

Family Malpighiaceae

Acerola Cherry Family

Stigmaphyllon floribundum

ORCHID VINE or WOOLY AMAZONVINE

 

Family Marcgraviaceae

Marcgravia Family

Norantea guianensis

RED-HOT POKER VINE

 

Family Aristolochiaceae

Calico Flower Family

Aristolochia littoralis

CALICO FLOWER

 

Family Moraceae

Mulberry, Banyan, Fig Family

Ficus pumila

CREEPING FIG

 

Family Solanaceae

Tomato Family

Solandra maxima

CUP OF GOLD or CHALICE VINE

 

Family Asclepiadaceae

Milkweed Family

Marsdenia floribunda

STEPHANOTIS or MADAGASCAR JASMINE    PUA MALE

 

Family Convolvulaceae

Morning Glory Family

Ipomoea horsfalliae

PRINCE KUHIO VINE, HORSFALL'S MORNING GLORY

 

 

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