Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_sideroxylon_polynesicum
Keahi
Sideroxylon polynesicum
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About Keahi
Keahi (Sideroxylon polynesicum) 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: Chrysophyllum polynesicum Hillebr.; Isonandra polynesica (Hillebr.) Benth. & Hook. ex Drake; Nesoluma polynesicum (Hillebr.) Baill.; Nesoluma polynesicum subf. gracilis H. J. Lam.; Nesoluma polynesicum subf. laurinum H. J. Lam.; Nesoluma polynesicum f. longipetiolatum H. J. Lam.; Nesoluma polynesicum f. macrophyllum H. J. Lam.; Nesoluma polynesicum f. microphyllum H. J. Lam.; Nesoluma polynesicum var. glabrum f. longipetiolatum H. J. Lam..
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Sideroxylon polynesicum
- Common names
- Hawaiian nesoluma · Island nesoluma
- Hawaiian names
- Keahi
- Other names
- Sideroxylon polynesicum · Keahi · Hawaiian nesoluma · Island nesoluma · Chrysophyllum polynesicum Hillebr. · Isonandra polynesica (Hillebr.) Benth. & Hook. ex Drake · Nesoluma polynesicum (Hillebr.) Baill. · Nesoluma polynesicum subf. gracilis H. J. Lam. · Nesoluma polynesicum subf. laurinum H. J. Lam. · Nesoluma polynesicum f. longipetiolatum H. J. Lam. · Nesoluma polynesicum f. macrophyllum H. J. Lam. · Nesoluma polynesicum f. microphyllum H. J. Lam. · Nesoluma polynesicum var. glabrum f. longipetiolatum H. J. Lam.
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Vulnerable in Hawaiian Islands; extra-Hawaiian distribution; 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 · Mesic 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
- Keahi (Sideroxylon polynesicum) is a tree; shrub recorded on Kauaʻi. It is indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands.