naio papa, naio
Myoporum sandwicense
Where to find them 2
● Adjacent to the parking lot near the flag pole
● Near the parking lot at Kealia Pond Coastal Boardwalk
● In the shrublands near the maintenance yard
Plant facts 2
● Endemic to Hawai'i
● Takes varied forms as a tree or a prostrate shrub
● People tried to pass sticks off as sandalwood which was collected as a tax during the early days of the Hawaiian kingdom
● Naio is the tree form, whose seed banks are found in the wetland areas of Kealia Pond
● Naio papa is the prostrate form which is used on the refuge to control spread invasive grasses
Sources and Credits
- Friends of Kealia Pond NWR, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Friends of Kealia Pond NWR
- (c) Friends of Kealia Pond NWR, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
