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Breynia androgyna

(L.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2012)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Phyllanthaceae Genus: Breynia

binahian, katuk

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Potentially naturalizing

Island Status

Kaua'i Potentially naturalizing
O'ahu Potentially naturalizing
Maui Potentially naturalizing
Hawai'i Potentially naturalizing

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 19: 120 (2012)

Other References

Staples & Herbst 2005:279 (KEY), 296 (DESCR [as Sauropus androgynus]); Frohlich & Lau 2008:5 (NEWNAT/O, DESCR); Wagner et al. 2012:35 (O record adventive); van Welzen et al. 2014:91 (Syn. S. androgynus = B. androgyna); Oppenheimer & Pezzillo 2024:67 (EM? [adventive, Nahiku])

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Breynia androgyna Harrison Holding Area Preserved_Specimen Shrub to 10', dbh=3/4. Flowers in axillary fascicles, imperfect. Female flowers w/o corolla, calyx dark red, 6-lobed. Fruit globose, dehiscent, whitish-pink. Leaves dark green, lanceolate. Ishikawa, S. 232 Oahu BISH 1973-02-13
2 Breynia androgyna Honolulu, Kaimuki area. Wm. Hoe's yard Preserved_Specimen Hoe, W.J. 5427 Oahu BISH 1993-10-30
3 Breynia androgyna Manoa Valley, Lyon Arboretum, Haukulu. Full sun in wet mesic hillside alongside bromeliad garden. Associates; Dieffenbachia, Bromeliad sp., Cordyline fruiticosa, Nephrolepis brownii, Davallia fejeensis. Preserved_Specimen Up to 4 m tall. Fruits pink, female flowers yellow-orange-red. Arthur, K. 153 Oahu BISH 2025-08-13
4 Breynia androgyna Manoa Valley, Lyon Arboretum, Haukulu. Full sun wet mesic roadside planting. Associates; Dichorisandra thyrsiflora, Alocasia sp., Cristella parasitica, Oplismenus hirtellus. Preserved_Specimen Fruits pink, female flowers yellow-orange-red. Pale/white color radiating out from midrib on upper surface of most leaves Arthur, K. 149 Oahu BISH 2025-08-13
5 Breynia androgyna Kawaihau, Wailua Homesteads observed growing inside the wall of a shed, and up out through the rafters under the awning. Property manager described species as grown elsewhere on property and seen spread to other areas unassisted. Megathyrsus maximus, Sphagneticola trilobata. Preserved_Specimen Vining shrub ~3m tall. Flowers green to maroon J. Jablonski 108 Kauai BISH 2024-02-14
6 Breynia androgyna Kapahi, Kualono Rd. fenceline Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub; axillary flowers dark red, fleshy petals; fruit pink white berry Trauernicht, C. 223 Kauai BISH 2007-10-25
7 Breynia androgyna East Maui, Hana District, Honolulunui. In shady, wet Ardisia elliptica forest along trail. Preserved_Specimen Single shrub 2m tall; flowers red or yellow. Oppenheimer, H.L. 111220 Maui BISH 2012-11-16
8 Breynia androgyna Frankie's Nursery Naturalizing in the back part of nursery. Preserved_Specimen Shrub, ~ 1 meter tall. Fruits bright yellow, ~ 1 cm. diameter. OED Oahu BISH 2007-03-23
9 Breynia androgyna Honolulu, Lyon Arboretum. By old stable site. Harrison Area. Acc. No. L-68.334 Semi-shady, wet. Preserved_Specimen Tall shrub. Flowers brownish red. Baker, R.F. 89 Oahu BISH 1975-04-25
10 Breynia androgyna Honolulu, Lyon Arboretum. By old stable site. Harrison Area. Acc. No. L-68.334 Semi-shady, wet. Preserved_Specimen Tall shrub. Flowers brownish red. Baker, R.F. 89 Oahu BISH 1975-04-25
11 Breynia androgyna Originally planted at 351 Wailuku Drive, at some time in the past. Now locally escaped, both in the dense garden area of the house and across the street into the riparian forest of the Wailuku River, which means it has naturalized a minimum of ~17 meters Heavily degraded lowland forest, containing mostly exotic species. Preserved_Specimen Non-native species. Fruiting. Fruit white at time of collection. Sepals with a maroon-red coloration. Warneke, C. 321 Hawaii BISH 2019-09-07
12 Breynia androgyna Waimea Arboretum & Botanical garden, Acc No. 79.p1155 Preserved_Specimen Basal-branching spreading shrub 1.5 m tall, in partial shade. Lau, J. 2862 Oahu BISH 1986-09-23
13 Breynia androgyna Hilo Preserved_Specimen Cultivar. Straka, J. 376 Hawaii BISH 1982-05-13
14 Breynia androgyna Honolulu, Makiki Community Garden Preserved_Specimen Young lvs, shoot tips, flowers and fruits are eaten. Very straight upright tree, unbranched unless pruned. Lvs deep green; flowers deep red, ca. 0.25 diameter; frts ca. 0.4 diameter. Maxwell, C. Oahu BISH 1993-10-27
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