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Hibiscus kahilii

C.N.Forbes (1912)

This name is accepted

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

koki‘o, koki‘o ‘ula, koki‘o ‘ula‘ula, mākū

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Description

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Growth Form: Small tree

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 5: 4 (1912)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:887 (Syn. H. kahilii = H. kokio subsp. kokio); Huppman 2013/Thomson & Mashburn 2022:165 (RESURRECT/K, H. kokio subsp. kokio, in part = H. kahilii)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Hibiscus kahilii Kalaheo; Koloa Dist.; Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, ca. 1 mile SW of Mt. Kahili On windward slopes on crest of main ridge. Preserved_Specimen Occasional tree to 3 m height. Nagata, K.M. 2093 Kauai BISH 1980-07-31
2 Hibiscus kahilii Lihue district, Iole ridge, Metrosideros-Dicranopteris lowland wet shrubland with small pockets of mixed wet forest below ridgeline with Broussaisia arguta, Melicope feddei, Psychotria mariniana & P. wawrae, Kadua affinis, Antidesma platyphylla, Alyxia stellata, Syzygium sandwicensis, Dubautia laxa Preserved_Specimen Tree, 3.5 m tall, moderately branched, corolla red, immature fruit, ca. 15 plants observed during rappel on east face of Iole peak, cuttings made Wood, K.R. 75264 Kauai BISH 2012-09-22
3 Hibiscus kahilii Below jeep rd betw Wahiawa Bog (Kanaele Swamp) and trail to TV relay tower on Mt. Kahili Steep slope Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5194 Kauai BISH 1983-12-22
4 Hibiscus kahilii kanaele Swamp Growing on shaded, wet ridge in rainforest. Assoc species, relative abundance: Camphusia glabra, Tetraplasandra waimeae, Pittosporum sp, Pelea sp. Locally abundant. Preserved_Specimen Gagné, W.C. 572 Kauai BISH 1970-09-01
5 Hibiscus kahilii Lihue District. Kahili Mtn. Park, Kahili Ridge Trail abonve water tank, near back ridge before and below no-native grassy flat. Slopes the P. bisattenuata Xoahuensis hybird on trail before lateral ridge. Lowland Windward Wet Forest w/Metrosideros-Dicranopteris. W/Understory of Clidemia, Blechnum appendiculatum, Rubus rosifolius, Nephrolepis, Cyanea larrisonil, Strebulus, Boehmeria, Psychotria, Bobea, Pittosporum, Cyanea fissa, Bidens, Xylosma hawaiiense, Po Preserved_Specimen Tree about 12 ft tall. Red flowers, ligh green calyx, Leaves w/thick blotchy mines of Philodoria moth. Tangalin, N. 3272 Kauai BISH 2012-08-10
6 Hibiscus kahilii unknown Grown in an exposed place and hence small and stunted. Seeds were not available. Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. 2701 Kauai BISH 1909-05-01
7 Hibiscus kahilii Koloa District; Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, jeep track from Alexander Reservoir to base of Mt. Kahili, above Wahiawa Bog Rich wet forest with Metrosideros, Syzygium & Cheirodendron. Occasional along ridgetop Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 m tall, trunk 20 cm. diam. Corolla bright red, lobes spreading or reflexed, staminal tube pink, anthers yellow. Fruits greenish-yellow. Juvenile leaves not heterophyllous. Lorence, D.H. 5576 Kauai BISH 1987-09-30
8 Hibiscus kahilii Above Wahiawa Wet, open forest. Preserved_Specimen Tall, spreading shrub, 3m tall. MacDaniels, L.H. 635 Kauai BISH 2008-02-08
9 Hibiscus kahilii Kanaele Swamp Area, along jeep rd to T.V. relay station Preserved_Specimen Small tree, 12-15ft tall. Many brilliant red flowers at this time. Herbst, D.R. 2080 Kauai BISH 1971-08-23
10 Hibiscus kahilii Mt. Kahili, near jeep trail to radio tower Plentiful on west & east slopes. Preserved_Specimen Trees with 10 diam. trunks & 20 ft. tall seen. Christensen, C. Kauai BISH 1975-10-07
11 Hibiscus kahilii Kanaele Bog, Wahiawa Stream Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 98 Kauai BISH 1969-05-09
12 Hibiscus kahilii Wahiawa, Kanaele Bog, along Wahiawa Stream Preserved_Specimen Several scattered trees, sparsely blooming (too early). Hobdy, R.W. 98 Kauai BISH 1969-04-09
13 Hibiscus kahilii Windward Haupu Preserved_Specimen 4 m tall tree, flower red. Warshauer, F.R. 1151 Kauai BISH 1977-06-03
14 Hibiscus kahilii Windward Haupu Preserved_Specimen 4m tree; flowers red. Warshauer, F.R. 1150 Kauai BISH 1977-06-03
15 Hibiscus kahilii Wahiawa Mts Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH
16 Hibiscus kahilii Kauai Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 28 Kauai BISH 1975-10-07
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