Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_erythrina_sandwicensis
Hawaiian coral tree
Erythrina sandwicensis
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About Hawaiian coral tree
Hawaiian coral tree (Erythrina sandwicensis) is a tree recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic 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: Corallodendron monospermum (Gaudich.) Kuntze; Erythrina monosperma Gaudich.; Erythrina sandwicensis f. alba H. St. John; Erythrina sandwicensis f. lutea H. St. John; Erythrina sandwicensis var. luteosperma H. St. John.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Erythrina sandwicensis
- Common names
- Hawaiian coral tree · Hawaiian erythrina
- Hawaiian names
- Wiliwili
- Other names
- Erythrina sandwicensis · Hawaiian coral tree · Hawaiian erythrina · wiliwili · Corallodendron monospermum (Gaudich.) Kuntze · Erythrina monosperma Gaudich. · Erythrina sandwicensis f. alba H. St. John · Erythrina sandwicensis f. lutea H. St. John · Erythrina sandwicensis var. luteosperma H. St. John
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- 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
- Dry forest · Dry woodland
- 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
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
- Hawaiian coral tree (Erythrina sandwicensis) is a tree recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.