Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_ehretia_microphylla
Scorpionbush
Ehretia microphylla
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About Scorpionbush
A branching shrub with small leaves on short, burr-like lateral shoots. The rough upper leaf surface bears broad-based hairs pointing toward the tip; teeth are confined to the upper half of the margin. Small flower clusters are no longer than the leaves. Rounded fruits retain a hairy five-lobed calyx at their base and enclose a longitudinally ribbed hard inner layer. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
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
- Ehretia microphylla
- Common names
- scorpionbush
- Other names
- Ehretia microphylla · scorpionbush
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. The reviewed Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants account provides anatomy but no definitive flower or ripe-fruit color. Use a vegetative detail until a separate primary account verifies colors.
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 or tree
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 branching shrub with small leaves on short, burr-like lateral shoots. The rough upper leaf surface bears broad-based hairs pointing toward the tip; teeth are confined to the upper half of the margin. Small flower clusters are no longer than the leaves. Rounded fruits retain a hairy five-lobed calyx at their base and enclose a longitudinally ribbed hard inner layer. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.