White / Cream Flowers 2

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Family Asclepiadaceae

Milkweed Family

Calotropis gigantea

CROWN FLOWER

 

Marsdenia floribunda

STEPHANOTIS or MADAGASCAR JASMINE    PUA MALE

 

Family Rubiaceae

Coffee Family

Spermacoce assurgens

BUTTONWEED

 

Hedyotis corymbosa

HEDYOTIS

 

Family Clusiaceae

Mangosteen Family

Clusia rosea

AUTOGRAPH TREE    COPEY

 

Family Amaranthaceae

Amaranth Family

Gomphrena celosioides

Prostrate weed on roadsides & disturbed areas on Oahu.  Native to South America.

 

Family Convolvulaceae

Morning Glory Family

Ipomoea obscura

WHITE MORNING GLORY

 

Ipomoea alba

MOON FLOWER    KOALI PEHU

 

Family Nyctaginaceae

Four o'clock Family

Mirabilis jalapa

FOUR-O'-CLOCK, MARVEL OF PERU    NANI AHIAHI or PUA AHIAHI

 

Family Cuscutaceae

Dodder Family

Cuscuta campestris

WESTERN FIELD DODDER

 

Family Cucurbitaceae

Gourd Family

Coccinea grandis

IVY or SCARLET-FRUITED GOURD

 

Family Melastomataceae

Melastome Family

Clidemia hirta

KOSTER'S CURSE

 

Family Campanulaceae

Lobelia Family

Hippobroma longiflora

STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM    PUA HOKU

 

Family Solanaceae

Tomato Family

Solanum torvum

TURKEYBERRY

 

Datura stramonium

THORN APPLE or JIMSON WEED

 

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

 

Family Passifloraceae

Passion Fruit Family

Passiflora subpeltata

WHITE PASSION FLOWER

 

Family Agavaceae

Agave Family

Furcraea foetida

MAURITIUS HEMP

 

Family Scrophulariaceae

Figwort Family

Linaria canadensis var. texana

BLUE TOADFLAX

 


HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Family Rubiaceae

Coffee Family

Gardenia taitensis

TAHITIAN GARDENIA    TIARE

 

Family Polygonaceae

Buckwheat Family

Coccoloba uvifera

SEA GRAPE

 

Family Nyctaginaceae

Four o'clock Family

Bougainvillea spp.

BOUGAINVILLEA

 

Family Apocynaceae

Plumeria Family

Plumeria rubra

RED PLUMERIA or FRANGIPANI

 

Plumeria obtusa

SINGAPORE PLUMERIA

 

Nerium oleander

OLEANDER    OKIKA

 

Carissa macrocarpa

NATAL PLUM

 

Family Pittosporaceae

Pittosporum Family

Pittosporum resiniferum

PETROLEUM NUT

 

Family Moringaceae

Drumstick Tree Family

Moringa stenopetala

AFRICAN MORINGA TREE

 

Family Malvaceae

Hibiscus Family

Hibiscus cultivars

CULTIVATED HIBISCUS

 

Family Sterculiaceae

Cacao Family

Pterospermum acerifolium

BAYUR, DINNER-PLATE TREE

 

Family Bombacaceae

Bombax Family

Pseudobombax ellipticum

SHAVING BRUSH TREE

 

Family Lecythidaceae

Brazil Nut Family

Lecythis minor

MONKEY POT NUT    OLLA DE MONA

 

Barringtonia asiatica

FISH POISON TREE

 

Family Strelitziaceae

Bird of Paradise Family

Strelitzia nicolai

WHITE BIRD-OF-PARADISE

 

Ravenala madagascariensis

TRAVELER'S TREE

 

Family Commelinaceae

Oyster Plant Family

Tradescantia spathacea

OYSTER PLANT

 

Family Fabaceae

Bean Family

Tamarindus indica

Koko Crater, Oahu

TAMARIND

 

Bauhinia cateriflora

CASCADING ORCHID TREE

 

Family Zingiberaceae

Ginger Family

Curcuma sp.

ORNAMENTAL TURMERIC

 

Family Oleaceae

Jasmine Family

Jasminum laurifolium f. nitidum

ANGEL-WING JASMINE

 

Jasminum multiflorum

 DOWNY JASMINE

 

Family Acanthaceae

Thunbergia Family

Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. carruthersii

GOLDEN ELDORADO

 

Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. atropurpureum

PURPLE FALSE ERANTHEMUM

 

Family Nymphaeaceae

Water Lily Family

Nymphaea sp.

WATER LILY

 

Family Liliaceae

Lily Family

Allium fistulosum

GREEN, BUNCHING, or WELSH ONION

 

 



NORTH AMERICA - CULTIVATED

Family Sapindaceae

Soapberry Family

Aesculus hippocastanum

HORSE CHESTNUT

 

 

 

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