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PHOTO

SPECIES

COMMON NAME

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IND/
POL

HEIGHT(FT)

SPREAD(FT)

E*

(No photo)
Adenostemma viscosum

Kāmanamana

I

2 TO 4

2

Alocasia macrorrhiza

'Ape, elephant's ear

P

4 TO 19

6

Bacopa monnieri

'Ae'ae, water hyssop

I

<1

8

(No photo)

Bidens amplectens

Ko'oko'olau, ko'olau

E

2 TO 5

4

(No photo)

Bidens campylotheca ssp campylotheca

Ko'oko'olau, ko'olau

E

3 TO 15

2

(No photo)

Bidens cervicata

Ko'oko'olau, ko'olau

E

3 TO 10

8

(No photo)

Bidens sandvicensis ssp sandvicensis

Ko'oko'olau, ko'olau

E

2 TO 4

8

(No photo)

Cleome spinosa

Honohino, 'ili'ohu, spider flower

(No photo)

Cleome spinosa ssp. nov

Honohino, 'ili'ohu, spider flower

E

4 TO 5

1

Colocasia esculenta

Kalo, taro

P

2 TO 4

4

Dianella sandwicensis

'Uki'uki, 'uki

I

2 TO 8

6

Korthalsella complanata

Hulumoa, kaumahana

E

<1 TO 2

<1

(No photo)

Melanthera remyi

Nehe

E

2

4

Musa troglodytarum

Mai'a hē'ī, mai'a Polapola

P

19 TO 46

15

Musa x paradisiaca

Mai'a, banana

P

8 TO 38

11

Oxalis corniculata

'Ihi'ai, 'ihi'awa, 'ihi maka'ula, 'ihi mākole, yellow wood sorrel

Possibly P

<1 TO 1

2

(No photo)

Peperomia blanda var. floribunda

'Ala'ala wai nui

I

1

2

(No photo)

Peperomia latifolia

'Ala'ala wai nui

E

1 TO 2

1

(No photo)

Peperomia membranacea

'Ala'ala wai nui

E

1 TO 3

1

(No photo)

Peperomia remyi

'Ala'ala wai nui

E

1 TO 2

2

(No photo)

Peperomia sandwicensis

'Ala'ala wai nui

E

<1 TO 1

1

Peperomia tetraphylla

'Ala'ala wai nui

E

2 TO 3

2

(No photo)

Persicaria glabra

Kāmole

Possibly I

2 TO 6

6

Peucedanum sandwicense

Makou

E

2 TO 8

6

X

(No photo)

Phyllostegia glabra var. glabra

Ulihi

E

3 TO 19

11

(No photo)

Phytolacca sandwicensis

Pōpolo kū mai, pōpolo, Hawaiian pokeberry

E

3 TO 15

8

Pilea peploides

N/A

I

<1 TO 1

2

Solanum americanum

Pōpolo, 'olohua, polopolo, pōpolohua, glossy nightshade

Possibly I

4 TO 5

4

Tacca leontopetaloides

Pia, Polynesian arrowroot, bat flower

P

4 TO 6

6

Zingiber zerumbet

'Awapuhi, 'awapuhi kuahiwi, 'ōpuhi, shampoo ginger, wild ginger

P

3 TO 8

11

E* - Endangered