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Sesbania tomentosa

Hook. & Arn. (1838)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Sesbania

‘ōhai, ‘ohai [ohai], ‘ohai a papiahuli (Ni‘ihau via St. John)

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs with decumbent or sprawling branches up to 14 m long, sometimes small erect trees 2.5–6 m tall, densely silky villous, the hairs somewhat spreading, especially on young growth, often appressed on older stems.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (even-pinnate). Alternate. Leaflets (12–)18–38; oblong–elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 15–38 mm long, 5–18 mm wide; the rachis ending in a short bristle. Apex rounded, subtruncate, or weakly emarginate and apiculate. Base rounded to broadly cuneate, often oblique. Leaflet surfaces densely to sparsely silky strigose, sometimes glabrate, especially upper surface, or even glabrous. Leaflet margins entire. The rachis ending in a short bristle. Stipules present; Leaflets stipellate.

Flowers: Flowers 2–9 in axillary racemes 1.2–7(–11) cm long. Flowers papilionaceous. Pedicels articulated at apex; 9–40 mm long, rachis and pedicels densely silky villous, the hairs spreading to appressed; bracts and bracteoles minute, hypanthium present. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, green, 7–12(–15) mm long, strigose to glabrous, pubescent along upper edge within, sinuses with 0–2 glandular appendages, lobes deltate, 1.5–4 mm long. Corolla salmon tinged yellow, orangish red, or scarlet, rarely pure yellow, sometimes wings and keel darker than standard, standard 23–45 mm long, with 2 appendages near center of base of blade, strongly reflexed, center yellow or greenish yellow, claw with a pair of callosities 0.5–3 mm long, these slightly curved or bent at right angles, or sometimes absent, wings oblong, falcate, transversely ribbed, 23–45 mm long, keel slightly shorter incurved, long-clawed. Stamens 10; upper stamen adherent to the others, the other 9 connate into a tube; anthers dorsifixed, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior.

Fruit: Pods linear; 7–230 mm long; 4–6 mm wide; slightly flattened; often somewhat constricted between the seeds; indehiscent or very tardily dehiscent; transversely septate and slightly constricted between the seeds; apex beaked. Seeds (4–)6–27; olive to pale or dark brown; oblong–ellipsoid to oblong; 4–6 mm long; 2–4 mm wide.

Ploidy: 2n = 24*

Habitat: Formerly occurring widely in dry habitats; now; because of destruction of lowland habitats; restricted to relictual populations on sandy beaches; dunes; soil pockets on lava; and along pond margins; scattered throughout its former range.

Elevation Range: 0–830 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Flowers used in lei (Krauss 1993:77).

CULTURE

  • [I] Ka wahine hele la o Kaiona, alualu wai li‘ulä o ke kaha pua ‘ohai. The woman, Kaiona, who travels in the sunshine pursuing the mirage of the place where the ‘ohai blossoms grow. Kaiona was a goddess of Ka‘ala and the Wai‘anae Mountains. She was a kind person who helped anyone who lost his way in the mountains by sending a bird, an ‘iwa, to guide the lost one out of the forest. In modern times Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was compared to Kaiona in songs. [II] Ke kaha ‘ohai o Kaiona. Kaiona's place where the ‘ohai grows. Kaiona is a benevolent goddess whose home is Mt. Ka‘ala and vicinity. The ‘ohai grew in profusion there, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was compared to this goddess in songs. [III] ‘Ohai o Papiohuli. The ‘ohai of Papiohuli. At Papiohuli, Mana, Kaua‘i, grew ‘ohai trees that bore red or whitish blossoms. These trees grew in profusion in the olden days but are now rare. The blossoms made beautiful lei.

PROPAGATION/CULTIVATION

  • The seeds of Sesbania tomentosa are contained in 3 to 9 inch long narrow pods which are tan when mature. Each pod contains many olive or pale brown seeds which are 1/4 to 3/8 inch long. Insects often destroy the seeds before the pods split open. If the pods have holes in them, carefully check the seeds for damage.
  • Manually remove the seeds from the pods. When you are ready to plant the seeds, soak them in water for several hours or overnight. NTBG suggests hot water which has been brought to boiling temperature. Waimea Arboretum (Anonymous 1975) used a 30 minute hot water soak as a pre-plant treatment. Lilleeng-Rosenberger (1998) recommends scarifying the seeds followed by soaking. Scarification (penetration of the seed coat) can be done using a clippers, file or sandpaper, or by cracking the seeds with a hammer being careful not to damage the end where the seed will sprout.
  • Discard any seeds that float and plant the rest in sterile well-drained potting mix 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep. NTBG recommends a mix of 2 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite to 1 part washed beach sand. Germination takes about 7 days. In her notes, Lilleeng-Rosenberger (1996) documents 100% germination for scarified seed.
  • Sesbania tomentosa seeds are viable for several years if kept cool and dry. Woolliams writes that he obtained 90% germination with seeds over 2 years old by repeating the hot water treatment on seeds which had not germinated. (Anonymous 1975; Koob 1999; Lilleeng-Rosenberger 1996; Lilleeng-Rosenberger 1998; NTBG n.d.; Wager 1990; Woolliams 1975; Woolliams 1976)
  • Sesbania tomentosa can be grown from cuttings. (Koob 1999) [Data from Herring, E. C., & Criley, R. A. (2003). The Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Web Site: Developing a Webbased Information Resource. HortTechnology, 13(3), 545-548. https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hawnprop/]

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Endemic
Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Kaho'olawe Endemic
Maui Endemic
Mokumanamana(Necker) Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic
Nihoa Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • 0-830 m
  • Description digitized by Alyssa Larson
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Beechey Voy.: 286 (1838)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:704 (Ne, N, Ni, K, O, Mo, L, M, Ka, H); Staples & Herbst 2005:327 (DESCR); Jonathan Plissner pers. comm. 2025 (Note: recently introduced to Mi for restoration and not yet established); Wichman & St. John 1990:101/St.John 22781 BISH (Ni†, 1947); Hank Oppenheimer pers. obs. (L†, 1990)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details muddy, with Leucaena leucocephala, Pluchea, Panicum purpurascens Preserved_Specimen colony, up to 8' tall Christensen, C. 25 Kauai BISH 1976-05-19
2 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Coastal Herb/Shrubland. Dry, rocky talus slope with oxisol substrate derived from basaltic lava, 50 degree slope, W aspect, direct light ca 50% of day. Associated with Sida fallax, Bidens mauiensis, Portulaca molokiniensis, Heteropogon contortus, Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens, Waltheria indica, Ipomoea tuboides, Panicum fauriei var. latius, Argemone glauca, Jacquemontia ovalifolia ssp. sandwicensis, Heliotropium curassavicum, Lipochaeta lavarum, Lycium sandwicense, Sesuvium portulacastrum. Preserved_Specimen Shrub with spreading branches. Flowers in racemes, bright pink to fuschia. In flower and early fruit (some seed capsules left from previous year). Normal vigor. Ca 50 mature plants, 100 seedlings in 12,000 sq meter area. LeGrande, M. 1279 Kahoolawe BISH 2003-02-27
3 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 26 Lanai BISH 1913-08-01
4 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 493 Molokai BISH 1922-07-26
5 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yen, D.E. 1016 Nihoa BISH 1969-05-01
6 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 604 Molokai BISH 1915-03-24
7 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yen, D.E. 1016 Nihoa BISH 1969-05-01
8 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Caum, E.L. 63 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-17
9 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 395 Lanai BISH 1928-09-10
10 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 0.1909 Molokai BISH
11 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Walker, R. Nihoa BISH 1964-03-06
12 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH
13 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 46 Lanai BISH 1927-06-05
14 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 14013 Molokai BISH 1918-05-20
15 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meinecke, W.H. Hawaii BISH 1977-02-14
16 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Lanai BISH 1915-03-01
17 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Lanai BISH 1914-05-25
18 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Molokai BISH 1982-05-21
19 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Kahoolawe BISH 1913-02-10
20 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shinsato, H. Molokai BISH 1958-12-01
21 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meinecke, W.H. Hawaii BISH 1969-05-09
22 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen King, J.W. Oahu BISH 1960-05-01
23 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1936-06-14
24 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1909-03-01
25 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Russ, G.W. Oahu BISH 1930-05-01
26 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cooke Jr., C.M. Molokai BISH 1915-02-01
27 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Russell, C.A. Molokai BISH 1987-10-22
28 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meinecke, W.H. Hawaii BISH 1969-05-09
29 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. Lanai BISH 1955-12-18
30 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Lanai BISH 1916-02-12
31 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Knudsen, Mrs.A. Kauai BISH 1919-01-01
32 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Oahu BISH 1958-01-01
33 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. BISH 1836-09-01
34 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. BISH 1864-01-01
35 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 655 Molokai BISH 1851-01-01
36 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1919-02-01
37 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-22
38 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Russ, G.W. Molokai BISH 1932-12-06
39 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH
40 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH
41 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Lanai BISH
42 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH
43 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Molokai BISH
44 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2270 Oahu BISH 1915-12-16
45 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Scaevola sericea lowland dry shrubland with Lipochaeta integrifolia, Heliotropium anomalum, Vitex, Sida fallax, Portulaca lutea, P. oleracea, Leucaena Preserved_Specimen About 35 plants with flowers and fruit Perlman, S. 7080 Oahu BISH 1987-12-16
46 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Shore. Preserved_Specimen Decumbent shrub w. red flowers. Fagerlund, G.O. 383 Hawaii BISH 1943-02-18
47 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On flat ash soil just above Sea Level. Preserved_Specimen Prostrate mat-forming shrub, flowers salmon color. Fosberg, F.R. 39286 Hawaii BISH 1958-01-04
48 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sand beach area back from shore 100'; with Scaevola, hinahina, Boerhavia Preserved_Specimen decumbent; acid fruit Pearsall, G.A. 75 Oahu BISH 1956-01-01
49 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details trailing on coral sand dunes near shore Preserved_Specimen fl. carmine. St.John, H. 23488 Molokai BISH 1948-12-24
50 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open pasture. Preserved_Specimen Plant prostrate; flowers pale greenish yellow. Kawasaki, A. Hawaii BISH 1964-02-25
51 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details arid, rocky clay flats back of coastal dunes Preserved_Specimen flower light yellow except for yellow-salmon inner part of standard of both sides of wings Degener, O. 18023 Oahu BISH 1931-03-21
52 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details trailing on coral sand dunes near shore Preserved_Specimen fl. carmine. St.John, H. 23488 Molokai BISH 1948-12-24
53 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rocky slopes, shrub Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish-stripped Conant, S. 84062803 Necker BISH 1984-06-28
54 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Chenopodium oahuense Preserved_Specimen shrub to 4', leaves silvery, flowers orange Carlquist, S. 2263 Necker BISH 1966-09-11
55 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On rocky shore, growing in Pahala ash. Preserved_Specimen Fls red. Neal, M.C. 942 Hawaii BISH 1937-08-26
56 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details trailing on coral sand dunes near shore Preserved_Specimen fl. carmine St.John, H. 23488 Molokai BISH 1948-12-24
57 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on a windswept slope 200 ft from the sea. Spreading among rocks, grass, Lipochaeta integrifolia, Scaevola taccada, Jacquemontia sandwicensis & Sida. Preserved_Specimen Stemless branches diverging at ground level. Plants prostrate 6 in. - 1 ft. tall. flowers scarlet to deep red. Foliage fragrant with the same smell as some forms of Mamani. Hobdy, R.W. 809 Maui BISH 1980-05-15
58 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details upper valley slopes, summit Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. 5 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-14
59 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forty to fifty plants growing in Scaevola coastal shrubland near the edge of sea cliffs. Preserved_Specimen Prostrate plants with orange/red flowers. Oppenheimer, H.L. 109902 Maui BISH 1999-10-07
60 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On thin soil on volcanic rock. Preserved_Specimen Egler, F.E. 37246 Oahu BISH 1937-06-13
61 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on sand dunes Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 19969 Molokai BISH 1939-01-03
62 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sand dunes Preserved_Specimen prostrate shrub, flowers red inside, cream pink outside, flowers immature Fosberg, F.R. 13427 Molokai BISH 1936-12-26
63 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Headland W of near crest of grassy headland Preserved_Specimen 1 m shrub, erect; flowers carmine St.John, H. 22781 Niihau BISH 1947-08-13
64 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details slopes above beach Preserved_Specimen 50-75 m high Christophersen, E. 4 Nihoa BISH 1924-07-09
65 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sand hills near sea Preserved_Specimen procumbent shrub, 6 high; flower red; fruit a thin narrow pod Judd, C.S. 76 Molokai BISH 1937-09-16
66 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sand flats Preserved_Specimen semi-prostrate shrub, flowers cream to red fragrent Fosberg, F.R. 13141 Oahu BISH 1936-05-31
67 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered on barren rubble. Preserved_Specimen Prostrate. Hobdy, R.W. 1950 Kahoolawe BISH 1984-02-11
68 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on red dirt, clay cliff Preserved_Specimen Woody plant, sprawling, 4 ft. across, 6 inches high. Rare. Davis, R.H. Maui BISH 1979-07-01
69 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Windswept coast. Preserved_Specimen Flowers pale yellow tinged toward the center with salmon. Wagner, W.L. 4887 Hawaii BISH 1983-07-28
70 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sesuvium portulacastrum, Chenopodium oahuense, Panicum torridum, Portulaca lutea Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 19304 Necker BISH 2004-09-03
71 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details coral sand dunes Preserved_Specimen woody shrub, decumbent, ~6 tall. Flowers salmon pink Hatheway, W.H. 66 Oahu BISH 1950-06-16
72 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details clay near arid coast Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11363 Oahu BISH 1935-07-20
73 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sand dunes Preserved_Specimen prostrate shrub to 1.5 m across. Leaves silvery green. Flowers: pale lemon on outside, orange suffused on inside, darker towards base. Wings carmine along upper edge on outside, otherwise yellow and over it orange suffused, pale pink on inside. Keelar petals pale pink. Fruit olive green, immature. van Royen, P. 10233 Oahu BISH 1968-06-03
74 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vegetation: Dodonaea Lowland Dry Shrubland and Dspyros Lowland Dry Forest. Preserved_Specimen Upright shrubs to small trees 2-4m tall, flowers bright orange. Differs in morphology significantly from prostrate coastal form with red flowers. Uncertain if identical with leeward Moloka`I form. Population of six mature plants and 25 immature plants. Oppenheimer, H.L. 71605 Maui BISH 2016-07-29
75 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Arid; Assoc. with Portulaca cyanosperma, Sida, Tribulus, and grasses. Preserved_Specimen prostrate shrub; woody at bse; foliage leathery, dull, grn above, silvery-grn tomentose below; flowers salmon-colored; milky sap. Herbst, D.R. 938 Hawaii BISH 1968-02-22
76 Sesbania tomentosa Kamokou Preserve, along jeep road in Makakupai`a below Kupa`a Gulch. East Molokai. Dry shrubland with alien grasses. Preserved_Specimen Upright shrub with red flowers. Pratt, L.W. 1270 Molokai BISH 1982-05-31
77 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details gulch, shallow soil, crushed by a big booby nest Preserved_Specimen Judd, C.S. 3 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-20
78 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Arid sand dune Preserved_Specimen Flowers narrow, crimson. Degener, O. 17954 Molokai BISH 1928-04-25
79 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry herb, grassland; Waltheria indica, Sida fallax, Sesbania tomentosa, Portulaca molokiniensis, Bidens mauiensis, Melanthera lavarum, Capparis sandwichiana, Argemone glauca, Heteropogon contortus, Eragrostis leptophylla, Panicum torridum, Panicum fauriei, Jacquemontia, Ipomoea tuboides Preserved_Specimen ~50 cm high x 50-200 cm wide shrubs; many branched; leaves gray green to silvery; corolla deep red; early fruit Wood, K.R. 12926 Kahoolawe BISH 2008-03-26
80 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details in dune formation Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-09-24
81 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Coastal Herb/Shrubland. Dry, rocky talus slope with oxisol substrate derived from basaltic lava, 50 degree slope, W aspect, direct light ca 50% of day. Associated with Sida fallax, Bidens mauiensis, Portulaca molokiniensis, Heteropogon contortus, Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens, Waltheria indica, Ipomoea tuboides, Panicum fauriei var. latius, Argemone glauca, Jacquemontia ovalifolia ssp. sandwicensis, Heliotropium curassavicum, Lipochaeta lavarum, Lycium sandwicense, Sesuvium portulacastrum. Preserved_Specimen Shrub with spreading branches. Flowers in racemes, bright pink to fuschia. In flower and early fruit (some seed capsules left from previous year). Normal vigor. Ca 50 mature plants, 100 seedlings in 12,000 sq meter area. LeGrande, M. 1279 Kahoolawe BISH 2003-02-27
82 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details edge of cliff near sea Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1934-04-01
83 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry watercourse Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 2409 Nihoa BISH 1964-09-23
84 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details shallow soil, rocky hillside Preserved_Specimen shrub .2 m high; flowers red Conant, S. 101 Nihoa BISH 1983-04-22
85 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details coral sand dunes Preserved_Specimen low arching shrub 2-3 dm high St.John, H. 20112 Oahu BISH 1940-10-20
86 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rocky slopes, shrub Preserved_Specimen Conant, S. 84062802 Necker BISH 1984-06-28
87 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details potted; in full sun Preserved_Specimen spreading single-trunked shrub 0.8 m tall. Flowers a combination of creamy yellow, salmon, and crimson; odorless, morning Lau, J. 2260 Oahu BISH 1986-04-16
88 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details loose rocky soil Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. 11 Necker BISH 1924-07-14
89 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sand dunes Preserved_Specimen ~2-3 dm high; flowers beneath foliage; orange-red flowers Webster, G.L. 13846 Oahu BISH 1968-06-22
90 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in sand dunes with windswept Scaevola, Prosopis, Sporobolus and Heliotropium. Preserved_Specimen Prostrate shrub not exceeding 30 cm. ht. Flowers narrow, crimson. Nagata, K.M. 1533 Molokai BISH 1978-01-27
91 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Sida fallax, Chenopodium oahuense, Solanum nelsoni Preserved_Specimen low shrub with red flowers Herbst, D.R. 6546 Nihoa BISH 1980-07-27
92 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mixed native costal shrubland w/ Sesbania tomentosa, Ipomoea tuboides, Lipochaeta lavarum, Waltheria, Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens, Bidens mauiensis, Panicum fauriei var. latius, Eragrostis cf. atropioides; Argemone glauca. Preserved_Specimen 2 m long, decumbant shrub; leaves gree-grey; corolla salmon tinged red. Wood, K.R. 2937 Kahoolawe BISH 1994-01-25
93 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In arid grassy slope near water tank Preserved_Specimen Solitary, slender small tree 2.5 m ht. Nagata, K.M. 2714 Molokai BISH 1983-07-29
94 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details By beach in open area. Among Scaevola Preserved_Specimen Shrub with long trailing branches. Flowers orange Herat, T. 884 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
95 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details field Preserved_Specimen 6' shrub; flower; fruit Perlman, S. 21052 Kauai BISH 2007-07-03
96 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details exposed, among rocks Preserved_Specimen ~1/3 m high Caum, E.L. 57 Necker BISH 1923-06-13
97 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Scaevola sericea lowland dry shrubland with Lipochaeta integrifolia, Heliotropium anomalum, Vitex, Sida fallax, Portulaca lutea, P. oleracea, Leucaena Preserved_Specimen About 35 plants with flowers and fruit Perlman, S. 7080 Oahu BISH 1987-12-16
98 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details in sand just back of beach Preserved_Specimen Common; flowers as in #2938; leaves more tomentose and more gray-green, less congested. Herbst, D.R. 2950 Molokai BISH 1973-04-03
99 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details along sand dunes Preserved_Specimen Pekelo Jr., N. 22 Molokai BISH 1973-02-08
100 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details in Scaevola sericea lowland dry shrubland with Lipochaeta integrifolia, Heliotropium anomalum, Vitex, Sida fallax, Portulaca lutea, Portulaca oleracea, Leucaena Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 7080 Oahu BISH 1987-12-16
101 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry herbland/grassland. W/Waltheria indica, Sida fallax, Sesbania tomentosa, Portulaca molokiniensis, Bidens mauiensis, Melanthera lavarum, Capparis sandwichiana, Argemone glauca, Heteropogon contortus, Eragrostis leptophyl Preserved_Specimen ca 25-100 cm tall, up to 2.5 m wide, many branched, leaves green-gray or silvery, corolla deep red, with mature fruit Wood, K.R. 13770 Kauai BISH 2009-05-19
102 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry, sandy Preserved_Specimen low shrub with much branched, horizontal stems, silvery leaves, and salmon-colored flowers Herbst, D.R. 768 Oahu BISH 1967-12-06
103 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details talus slope, shallow to deep soil. Preserved_Specimen shrub 0.4 m high Conant, S. 109 Nihoa BISH 1983-04-29
104 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry herb, grassland; Waltheria indica, Sida fallax, Sesbania tomentosa, Portulaca molokiniensis, Bidens mauiensis, Melanthera lavarum, Capparis sandwichiana, Argemone glauca, Heteropogon contortus, Eragrostis leptophylla, Panicum torridum, Panicum fauriei, Jacquemontia, Ipomoea tuboides Preserved_Specimen ~50 cm high x 50-200 cm wide shrubs; many branched; leaves gray green to silvery; corolla deep red; early fruit Wood, K.R. 12930 Kahoolawe BISH 2008-03-26
105 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details broken basalt Preserved_Specimen prostrate shrub, flowers orange red Fosberg, F.R. 14052 Oahu BISH 1937-06-13
106 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sand flats Preserved_Specimen semi-prostrate shrub; flowers cream to red, fragrant Fosberg, F.R. 13141 Oahu BISH 1936-05-31
107 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In mixed native coastal cliff veg. With Portulaca molokiniensis, Jacquemontia ovalifolia, Chamaesyce celastroides, Sida fallax, Bidens mauiensis, Heteropogon contortus, Panicum, Waltheria indica, Nicotiana glauca, Chloris radiata, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Argemone glauca, Cenchrus echinatus, Portulaca pilosa. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 13046 Kahoolawe BISH 1992-10-16
108 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vegetation: Dodonaea, Sida, Waltheria, Santalum, Myoporum, Leucaena, Acacia, Nicotiana, Cenchrus Preserved_Specimen One of two plants approximately 30 m. apart, 4-5 ft. tall, with bright orange flowers. Oppenheimer, H.L. 40726 Maui BISH 2007-04-14
109 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Prostrate, never over 10inches ht; lvs silvery; flowers salmon colored; largest plant spread 4ft across. Hobdy, R.W. 1039 Kahoolawe BISH 1981-03-21
110 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along sand dunes. Preserved_Specimen Pekelo Jr., N. Molokai BISH 1973-02-08
111 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Flrs. bright orange with reddish flush. Davis, J. 34 Maui BISH 1978-07-03
112 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 0.5 m high Conant, S. 110 Nihoa BISH 1981-06-01
113 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Only 4 plants found. Flrs. salmon color. Plant 6 ft tall. Davis, J. 52 Maui BISH 1978-07-03
114 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Small tree 12-15 ft tall; flowers red, turning purplish, back of standard yellowish, front base with a yellow-green spot, margin of keel whitish. Herbst, D.R. 2938 Molokai BISH 1973-04-03
115 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Low, sprawling, not tall like others, more silver, tomentose. Flrs. pink-orange. Davis, J. 53 Maui BISH 1978-07-03
116 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen small shrub with silvery foliage, red flowers Herbst, D.R. 6540 Necker BISH 1980-07-25
117 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen low shrub with prostrate stems Long, C.R. 2212 Oahu BISH 1964-08-21
118 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Grows only in belt from Kawela to Kamiloloa. Trees to 20 ft. tall. Pekelo Jr., N. 27 Molokai BISH 1973-02-03
119 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen small shrub with silvery foliage, red flowers Herbst, D.R. 6540 Necker BISH 1980-07-25
120 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub; flowers red. Herat, T. 887 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
121 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen sprawling, 1.5' high. Flowers pink Stephens, S.G. 2052 Oahu BISH 1963-03-10
122 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen ~6', sparingly branched shrub, with salmon-red flowers Herbst, D.R. 5689 Kauai BISH 1976-02-26
123 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 5 Lanai BISH 1913-08-02
124 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. 18 Molokai BISH
125 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen dark, red variety Meinecke, W.H. Hawaii BISH 1969-12-04
126 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 26 Lanai BISH 1913-08-01
127 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4912 Molokai BISH 1983-07-29
128 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Over 6 ft high. Flrs. darker salmon color than the Molokai plant. Davis, J. 30 Maui BISH 1978-07-03
129 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Erect plant 4 ft. tall with several branches, flowers brilliant scarlet. Hobdy, R.W. 1210 Maui BISH 1982-02-04
130 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stem prostrate, 1-2' diam, spreading 20-25'; fls scarlet. Warshauer, F.R. 2 Hawaii BISH 1973-04-07
131 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen ~6', sparingly branched shrub, with salmon-red flowers Herbst, D.R. 5689 Kauai BISH 1976-02-26
132 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Molokai BISH 1982-05-21
133 Sesbania tomentosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen low spreading shrub or tree, of 2 m or more in diameter Caum, E.L. 63 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-17
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