Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyrtandra_kealiae
Haʻiwale
Cyrtandra kealiae
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About Haʻiwale
A native shrub whose typical subspecies is few-branched or unbranched, with opposite large elliptic-to-ovate leaves, fine marginal teeth and a dense yellow-brown velvet layer beneath. Solitary leaf-axil flowers have densely hairy tubular-funnel calyces and white, slightly curved cylindrical corollas. The berry is enclosed by the persistent calyx, which eventually splits. 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
- Cyrtandra kealiae
- Hawaiian names
- haʻiwale
- Other names
- Cyrtandra kealiae · haʻiwale
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Represent typical subsp. kealiae, not a mixture with the branched, urn-calyxed subsp. urceolata. The 2000 revised account observed limited flower and fruit material; mature berry color and seed details are unverified and are omitted.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; 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 shrub whose typical subspecies is few-branched or unbranched, with opposite large elliptic-to-ovate leaves, fine marginal teeth and a dense yellow-brown velvet layer beneath. Solitary leaf-axil flowers have densely hairy tubular-funnel calyces and white, slightly curved cylindrical corollas. The berry is enclosed by the persistent calyx, which eventually splits. 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.