Capparis sandwichiana
endemicCapparaceae

Capparis sandwichiana

Maiapilo

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

No written account yet for this species.

Seasonality
26 flowering · 1 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak February) fruiting (peak January)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

Where documented · 47 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 52 · GBIF 90 records
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 9
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Mahaiʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Palauea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Awakeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kanahena · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
N/A · KahoʻolaweiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1