Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_guilandina_bonduc
Kākalaioa
Guilandina bonduc
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About Kākalaioa
Kākalaioa (Guilandina bonduc) is a tree; shrub; vine / climber recorded on Kauaʻi. It is indigenous 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: Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.; Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Fleming; Guilandina bonducella L..
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Guilandina bonduc
- Hawaiian names
- Hihikolo · Kākalaioa · Kinikini
- Other names
- Guilandina bonduc · kakalaioa · hihikolo · Kinikini · gray nickers · Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. · Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Fleming · Guilandina bonducella L.
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- 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 open habitat · Coastal strand and thicket · Disturbed dry habitat
- 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; Shrub; Vine / climber
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
- Kākalaioa (Guilandina bonduc) is a tree; shrub; vine / climber recorded on Kauaʻi. It is indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands.
Sources and further reading
- https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043
- https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Guilandina&species=bonduc
- https://plantsofhawaii.org/detail/%7BD8F63B1A-2DC9-48A4-A2BE-0182AE1AD666%7D
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/114706-2
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5558824/