Where to find it ³

● In front of the visitors center
● In the pollinator garden behind the visitors center

Plant facts ³

● Endemic to Hawaiian Islands
● May have colonized and evolved on the islands about 3 million years ago
● Same family as cotton, durian and okra
● Leaves were used as a laxative

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Friends of Kealia Pond NWR, all rights reserved, uploaded by Friends of Kealia Pond NWR
2. Friends of Kealia Pond NWR, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Friends of Kealia Pond NWR
3. (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

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