Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_paratrophis_pendulina
Aʻiaʻi
Paratrophis pendulina
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About Aʻiaʻi
Aʻiaʻi (Paratrophis pendulina) is a tree; shrub 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: Morus brunoniana Endl.; Morus pendulina Endl.; Pseudomorus brunoniana (Endl.) Bureau; Pseudomorus brunoniana var. sandwicensis (O. Deg.) Skottsb.; Pseudomorus pendulina (Endl.) Stearn; Pseudomorus pendulina var. sandwicensis (O. Deg.) Stearn; Pseudomorus sandwicensis O. Deg.; Streblus brunonianus (Endl.) F. Muell.; Streblus pendulinus (Endl.) F. Muell.; Streblus sandwicensis (O. Deg.) H. St. John.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Paratrophis pendulina
- Common names
- Hawaii roughbush · Hawaiian false-mulberry · Isaac wood · Sia's backbone · Siah's backbone
- Hawaiian names
- Aʻiaʻi
- Other names
- Paratrophis pendulina · Aʻiaʻi · Hawaii roughbush · Hawaiian false-mulberry · Isaac wood · Sia's backbone · Siah's backbone · Morus brunoniana Endl. · Morus pendulina Endl. · Pseudomorus brunoniana (Endl.) Bureau · Pseudomorus brunoniana var. sandwicensis (O. Deg.) Skottsb. · Pseudomorus pendulina (Endl.) Stearn · Pseudomorus pendulina var. sandwicensis (O. Deg.) Stearn · Pseudomorus sandwicensis O. Deg. · Streblus brunonianus (Endl.) F. Muell. · Streblus pendulinus (Endl.) F. Muell. · Streblus sandwicensis (O. Deg.) H. St. John
- 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
- Mesic forest · Wet forest · Dry forest
- 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
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
- Aʻiaʻi (Paratrophis pendulina) is a tree; shrub recorded on Kauaʻi. It is indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands.