Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_zanthoxylum_hawaiiense
Hawaiʻi pricklyash
Zanthoxylum hawaiiense
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About Hawaiʻi pricklyash
Hawaiʻi pricklyash (Zanthoxylum hawaiiense) 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: Fagara bluettiana (Rock) Engl.; Fagara hawaiiensis (Hillebr.) Engl.; Fagara hawaiiensis var. citriodora (Rock) Sherff; Fagara hawaiiensis var. subacuta Sherff; Fagara hawaiiensis var. velutinosa (Rock) Sherff; Zanthoxylum bluettianum Rock; Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. citriodora Rock; Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. subacutum (Sherff) H. St. John; Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. velutinosum Rock.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Zanthoxylum hawaiiense
- Hawaiian names
- Aʻe
- Other names
- Zanthoxylum hawaiiense · Hawaiʻi pricklyash · Aʻe · Fagara bluettiana (Rock) Engl. · Fagara hawaiiensis (Hillebr.) Engl. · Fagara hawaiiensis var. citriodora (Rock) Sherff · Fagara hawaiiensis var. subacuta Sherff · Fagara hawaiiensis var. velutinosa (Rock) Sherff · Zanthoxylum bluettianum Rock · Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. citriodora Rock · Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. subacutum (Sherff) H. St. John · Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. velutinosum Rock
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Endangered; U.S. status: Endangered
- 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
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 pricklyash (Zanthoxylum hawaiiense) is a tree recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.