Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_aiphanes_lindeniana
Cuaro palm
Aiphanes lindeniana
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About Cuaro palm
Cuaro palm (Aiphanes lindeniana) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Aiphanes lindeniana
- Common names
- Cuaro palm
- Other names
- Aiphanes lindeniana · cuaro palm · Martinezia lindeniana H.Wendl. · Aiphanes stergiosii M.Niño, Dorr & F.W.Stauffer
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Monoecious palm with separate staminate and pistillate flowers on branched inflorescences; fleshy rounded fruit ripens red.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Palm tree · Solitary spiny palm
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Cuaro palm (Aiphanes lindeniana) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records.