Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyrtandra_wawrae
Haʻiwale
Cyrtandra wawrae
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About Haʻiwale
A branched shrub with large, broad, opposite leaves whose stalks attach inward from the blade base. Unequal leaf pairs have coarse teeth and velvety yellow-brown hairs below. Dense clusters carry white tubular flowers and large leafy calyces that enclose the fruit. Recorded whitish berries may be immature. 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 wawrae
- Hawaiian names
- haʻiwale · kanawao keʻokeʻo
- Other names
- Cyrtandra wawrae · 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. Seeds are unknown, and maturity of the recorded white berries is uncertain.
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; Small shrubs 0.5-2(-3) m tall; stems branched.
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 branched shrub with large, broad, opposite leaves whose stalks attach inward from the blade base. Unequal leaf pairs have coarse teeth and velvety yellow-brown hairs below. Dense clusters carry white tubular flowers and large leafy calyces that enclose the fruit. Recorded whitish berries may be immature. 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.