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HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Family Fabaceae

Bean Family

Sesbania tomentosa   

'OHAI

Family Goodeniaceae

Naupaka Family

Scaevola coriacea   

DWARF NAUPAKA

Family Malvaceae

Hibiscus Family

Gossypium tomentosum   

HAWAIIAN COTTON    MA'O

Family Convolvulaceae

Morning Glory Family

Jacquemontia ovalifolia subsp. sandwicensis   

PA'UOHI'IAKA

Family Solanaceae

Tomato Family

Solanum nelsonii   

POPOLO

Family Cuscutaceae

Dodder Family

Cuscuta sandwichiana   

KAUNA'OA

Family Caryophyllaceae

Pink Family

Schiedea globosa   

Family Campanulaceae

Lobelia Family

Brighamia rockii   

Kapi'olani Flower Garden, Oahu

ALULA    HAHA    PUA 'ALA

Family Portulacaceae

Pigweed Family

Portulaca molokiniensis   

UH Manoa Campus

'IHI

Family Asteraceae

Daisy Family

Melanthera integrifolia   

NEHE

Lipochaeta lobata var. lobata   

NEHE

Gnaphalium sandwicensium var. sandwicensium   

'ENA'ENA

Family Euphorbiaceae

Spurge Family

Chamaesyce degeneri   

'AKOKO

Chamaesyce celastroides var. kaenana   

'AKOKO

Family Brassicaceae

Mustard Family

Lepidium bidentatum var. o-waihiense   

'ANAUNAU

Family Amaranthaceae

Amaranth Family

Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata   

ACHYRANTHES    KULU'I

Family Chenopodiaceae

Goosefoot Family

Chenopodium oahuense   

'AWEOWEO or 'AHEAHEA

Family Boraginaceae

Heliotrope Family

Nama sandwicensis  

HINAHINA KAHAKAI

Family Capparaceae

Caper Family

Capparis sandwichiana   

CAPER BUSH     PUA PILO or MAIAPILO

Family Santalaceae

Sandalwood Family

Santalum ellipticum var. littorale   

COAST SANDALWOOD    'ILI'AHIALO'E

Family Thymelaeaceae

Akia Family

Wikstroemia uva-ursi   

'AKIA

Family Poaceae

Grass Family

Eragrostis variabilis   

KAWELU

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Family Goodeniaceae

Naupaka Family

Scaevola sericea

BEACH NAUPAKA    NAUPAKA KAHAKAI

Family Malvaceae

Hibiscus Family

Sida fallax

'ILIMA

Family Zygophyllaceae

Nohu Family

Tribulus cistoides

PUNCTURE VINE    NOHU

Family Sterculiaceae

Cacao Family

Waltheria indica

'UHALOA or HI'ALOA

Family Myoporaceae

Bastard Sandalwood Family

Myoporum sandwicense

BASTARD SANDALWOOD    NAIO

Family Verbenaceae

Verbena Family

Vitex rotundifolia

BEACH VITEX     POHINAHINA

Family Pandanaceae

Pandanus Family

Pandanus tectorius

PANDANUS    HALA    PU HALA

Family Solanaceae

Tomato Family

Lycium sandwicense

'OHELO KAI

Family Aizoaceae

Ice Plant Family

Sesuvium portulacastrum

SEA PURSLANE     'AKULIKULI

Family Portulacaceae

Pigweed Family

Portulaca lutea

 'IHI

Family Scrophulariaceae

Figwort Family

Bacopa monnieri

WATER HYSSOP

Family Fabaceae

Bean Family

Vigna marina

BEACH PEA    NANEA

Caesalpinia bonduc

YELLOW NICKERS    KAKALAIOA

Family Plumbaginaceae

Plumbago Family

Plumbago zeylanica

LEADWORT     'ILIE'E

Family Menispermaceae

Moonseed Family

Cocculus orbiculatus

MOONSEED    HUEHUE

Family Boraginaceae

Heliotrope Family

Heliotropium anomalum

HINAHINA

Heliotropium curassavicum

SEASIDE HELIOTROPE    NENA    KIPUKAI

Family Nyctaginaceae

Four-o'clock Family

Boerhavia repens

ALENA

Boerhavia acutifolia

ALENA

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 aegyptia

HAIRY MORNING GLORY    KOALI KUA HULU

Family Lauraceae

Avocado Family

Cassytha filiformis

KAUNA'OA PEHU    LOVE VINE    DEVIL'S GUT    DODDER

Family Rosaceae

Rose Family

Osteomeles anthyllidifolia

U'ULEI

Family Rhamnaceae

Buckthorn Family

Colubrina asiatica

'ANAPANAPA

Family Cyperaceae

Sedges

Fimbristylis cymosa subsp. umbellato-capitata

MAU'U or 'AKI'AKI

Fimbristylis cymosa subsp. spathacea

MAU'U or 'AKI'AKI

Cyperus laevigatus

MAKALOA

Cyperus javanicus

'AHU'AWA

Family Poaceae

Grass Family

Sporobolus virginicus

SEASHORE RUSHGRASS     'AKI'AKI

Heteropogon contortus

TWISTED BEARDGRASS or TANGLEHEAD     PILI

HAWAII - POLYNESIAN INTRODUCTION

Family Arecaceae

Palm Family

Cocos nucifera

COCONUT PALM    NIU

Family Malvaceae

Hibiscus Family

Thespesia populnea

PORTIA    MILO

Hibiscus tiliaceus

HAU

Family Clusiaceae

Mangosteen Family

Calophyllum inophyllum

KAMANI    ALEXANDRIAN LAUREL