Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_claoxylon_sandwicense
Laukea
Claoxylon sandwicense
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About Laukea
Laukea (Claoxylon sandwicense) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Few-branched, soft-wooded shrub or small tree 2–6 m tall with woolly young shoots.
Kauaʻi evidence
Accepted status, Kauaʻi occurrence, nativity, growth form, and names were audited against the 2026 Smithsonian checklist and linked habit source. Scientific synonyms: Claoxylon helleri Sherff; Claoxylon sandwicense var. degeneri Sherff; Claoxylon sandwicense f. glabrescens Sherff; Claoxylon sandwicense var. glabrescens (Sherff) Sherff; Claoxylon sandwicense var. hillebrandii Sherff; Claoxylon sandwicense var. magnifolium Sherff; Claoxylon sandwicense var. tomentosa Hillebr.; Claoxylon sandwicense f. tomentosum (Hillebr.) Skottsb.; Claoxylon tomentosum (Hillebr.) A. Heller.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Claoxylon sandwicense
- Hawaiian names
- laukea · poʻola
- Other names
- Claoxylon sandwicense · Laukea · poʻola · laukea (Kauaʻi) · Claoxylon helleri Sherff · Claoxylon sandwicense var. degeneri Sherff · Claoxylon sandwicense f. glabrescens Sherff · Claoxylon sandwicense var. glabrescens (Sherff) Sherff · Claoxylon sandwicense var. hillebrandii Sherff · Claoxylon sandwicense var. magnifolium Sherff · Claoxylon sandwicense var. tomentosa Hillebr. · Claoxylon sandwicense f. tomentosum (Hillebr.) Skottsb. · Claoxylon tomentosum (Hillebr.) A. Heller
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Apparently Secure; U.S. status: No Status
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Mesic native forest · Wet native forest
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable native-forest substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable flowers or seed and suitable establishment conditions; species-specific reproductive review remains open
- Shelter
- Suitable native vegetation structure and substrate
- Growth form
- Tree; Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Species-specific threat review pending; no fine-location evidence is published in this card
- Conservation actions
- Protect native habitat and verify species-specific actions against current conservation sources
- Monitoring
- Taxonomic identity, population condition, recruitment, and locally documented pressures; exact locations withheld
- Data gaps
- Species-specific ecology and threat citations · Reproductive phenology · Fine-scale habitat information intentionally not published
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- Laukea (Claoxylon sandwicense) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Few-branched, soft-wooded shrub or small tree 2–6 m tall with woolly young shoots.