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Hibiscus elatus

Sw. (1800)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Hibiscus

Cuba bast, mahoe

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Name Published In: Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 1218 (1800)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Hibiscus elatus upper Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Tree about 20 ft. high. Sturdy, low-branching branches ascending. Flowers orange and red, becoming red. Fruit (see specimen). Caum, E.L. 101 Oahu BISH 1927-11-01
2 Hibiscus elatus Waimanu Trail, east of Waimanu Valley Hamakua District Growing with other Div. of Forestry plantings beside trail on disturbed open Metrosideros forest. Preserved_Specimen Tree. Flowers orange. Cuddihy, L.W. 781 Hawaii BISH 1981-03-28
3 Hibiscus elatus Koloa District, Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden Big Valley. Preserved_Specimen Tree of 20 ft., leaves glossy medium to dark-green above w/pale green veins, below greyish w/raised yellow-green veins, bracts yellowish-green to dark red (w/age), involucre dark dull green, calyx dull greyish-green, petals dark orange-red, stigma dark brick-red. Flynn, T.W. 5484 Kauai BISH 1993-12-20
4 Hibiscus elatus Honolulu, Makiki Nursery Preserved_Specimen Tree 7 m. x 2 dm. Stipules quickly caducous. Petals 1st day Nopal Red (Ridgway's Chart), basal eye from start Raisin Black; 2nd day petals Indian Lake, basal eye not enlarging or changing. St.John, H. 26051 Oahu BISH 1957-02-15
5 Hibiscus elatus West Maui, Wailuku District, Kahakuloa, Camp Maluhia Preserved_Specimen Cultivated tree with dark red flowers; upper surface of leaf glossy, dark green above, pale beneath. Herbst, D.R. 9809 Maui BISH 1997-01-21
6 Hibiscus elatus East Maui, Hana District, Kalahu Point, PTBG Kahanu Garden Preserved_Specimen Tree of 15 ft. Petals dark orange-red with dark brown spot at base. Flynn, T.W. 2621 Maui BISH 1987-11-12
7 Hibiscus elatus Lihue, near the mill Preserved_Specimen Large, upright tree with heavy, rough, stringy bark. Duvel, A.W. Kauai BISH 1960-08-18
8 Hibiscus elatus upper Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Tree c 7 m. in height. Caum, E.L. 101 Oahu BISH 1927-11-01
9 Hibiscus elatus Kohala District: Hawi Preserved_Specimen Tree with branches rising erectly after spreading; flowers red, 5 petals entirely separate curve up, out, down. Hooton, P. Hawaii BISH 1960-01-13
10 Hibiscus elatus Kapaa Planted, introduced. Preserved_Specimen Small tree 20 feet in height, 5 inches diameter, Little Jr., E.L. 31184 Kauai BISH 1976-09-02
11 Hibiscus elatus Lihue District; park in front of Water Department Office, adjacent to Nawiliwili Road (across from Kukui Grove Shopping Center) Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 m. tall. Corolla orange red with dark purple red spot inside at base. Lorence, D.H. 6330 Kauai BISH 1988-02-25
12 Hibiscus elatus ridge between Waipio and Waimanu Valley By trailside. Six gulches from Waipio. Preserved_Specimen Large tree (c 20 m. in height). Gon III, S. Hawaii BISH 1986-02-23
13 Hibiscus elatus Waimanalo Beside road. Preserved_Specimen Flowers red. S.N. Oahu BISH 1964-02-04
14 Hibiscus elatus Kapaa Planted, introduced. Preserved_Specimen Small tree 20 ft., 5 in. diam. Little Jr., E.L. 31184 Kauai BISH 1976-09-02
15 Hibiscus elatus East Maui, Hana District, Keanae Valley, Pi'ina'au Rd., east of Pi'ina'au Stream ans west of Palauhulu Stream Growing w/H. tilliaceus in Lowland Secondary Forest. Preserved_Specimen Large trees to 10m+. Flowers orange-red at midday. Oppenheimer, H.L. 101202 Maui BISH 2012-10-11
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