Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_alyxia_stellata
Maile
Alyxia stellata
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About Maile
A native twining or spreading shrub with white milky sap. Glossy, smooth-edged leaves occur in threes or opposite pairs and release fragrance when crushed. Small greenish-to-yellowish white flowers grow in leaf-axil clusters. The ovoid fruit may form a chain of two to four joints, each with one seed. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Alyxia stellata
- Common names
- maile
- Hawaiian names
- maile
- Other names
- Alyxia stellata · maile
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. A compact supported shrub form is depicted; maile also occurs as a climbing liana.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Twining liana, scandent shrub or small erect shrub
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A native twining or spreading shrub with white milky sap. Glossy, smooth-edged leaves occur in threes or opposite pairs and release fragrance when crushed. Small greenish-to-yellowish white flowers grow in leaf-axil clusters. The ovoid fruit may form a chain of two to four joints, each with one seed. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.