Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_rivina_humilis
Coral Berry
Rivina humilis
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About Coral Berry
An erect subshrub with thin pointed ovate leaves, often heart-based and long-stalked. Slender racemes carry small pale white-to-pink flowers whose showy parts are sepals. The racemes elongate as small red berries develop; each berry has a hairy seed. 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
- Rivina humilis
- Common names
- coral berry · rouge plant
- Other names
- Rivina humilis · coral berry · rouge plant
- 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. Show one pale-flowered form. The petaloid floral parts are sepals, not additional true petals.
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; subshrub
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
- An erect subshrub with thin pointed ovate leaves, often heart-based and long-stalked. Slender racemes carry small pale white-to-pink flowers whose showy parts are sepals. The racemes elongate as small red berries develop; each berry has a hairy seed. 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.