Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyrtandra_oenobarba
Haʻiwale
Cyrtandra oenobarba
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About Haʻiwale
A low fleshy subshrub with reclining stems that root at their nodes and may become buried. Unequal opposite leaves appear tufted above ground and bear reddish-brown hairs. Dense leaf-axil clusters contain curved white funnel flowers. The recorded berries are cylindrical. 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 oenobarba
- Hawaiian names
- haʻiwale · kanawao keʻokeʻo
- Other names
- Cyrtandra oenobarba · haʻiwale · kanawao keʻokeʻo
- 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. Ripe fruit color and seeds are not specified in the reviewed account.
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; Low, decumbent, fleshy subshrubs; stems becoming subterranean, 4-grooved at least when dry, producing adventitious roots at each node.
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 low fleshy subshrub with reclining stems that root at their nodes and may become buried. Unequal opposite leaves appear tufted above ground and bear reddish-brown hairs. Dense leaf-axil clusters contain curved white funnel flowers. The recorded berries are cylindrical. 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.