Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_xylosma_hawaiensis
Hawaiʻi brushholly
Xylosma hawaiensis
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About Hawaiʻi brushholly
Hawaiʻi brushholly (Xylosma hawaiensis) 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: Xylosma hawaiensis var. hillebrandii (Wawra) Sleumer; Xylosma hillebrandii Wawra.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Xylosma hawaiensis
- Common names
- Hawaiʻi brushholly
- Hawaiian names
- Aʻe · Maua
- Other names
- Xylosma hawaiensis · Hawaiʻi brushholly · Aʻe · Maua · Xylosma hawaiensis var. hillebrandii (Wawra) Sleumer · Xylosma hillebrandii Wawra
- 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 woodland · Mesic forest · Wet 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
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
- Hawaiʻi brushholly (Xylosma hawaiensis) is a tree recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.