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ʻĀnapanapa
Colubrina asiatica
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About ʻĀnapanapa
ʻĀnapanapa (Colubrina asiatica) is a tree; shrub; vine / climber recorded on Kauaʻi. It is indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands.
Kauaʻi evidence
Accepted status, Kauaʻi occurrence, nativity, growth form, and names were audited against the 2026 Smithsonian checklist and linked habit source. Scientific synonyms: Ceanothus asiaticus L..
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Colubrina asiatica
- Common names
- Asian nakedwood · Asiatic snakewood · Latherleaf
- Hawaiian names
- ʻĀnapanapa · Kauila ʻanapanapa · kolokolo (Niʻihau) · Kauila kukuku · Kolokolo · Kukuku
- Other names
- Colubrina asiatica · ʻanapanapa · Asian nakedwood · Asiatic snakewood · Latherleaf · Kauila ʻanapanapa · kolokolo (Niʻihau) · kauila kukuku · Kolokolo · kukuku · Ceanothus asiaticus L.
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- 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
- Coastal native vegetation · Dry native scrub
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable habitat 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; Vine / climber
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
- ʻĀnapanapa (Colubrina asiatica) is a tree; shrub; vine / climber recorded on Kauaʻi. It is indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands.