indigenousAnacardiaceae
Rhus taitensis
Tahitian Rhus
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Rhus taitensis is a small tree or shrub in the sumac family of plants. It is found from tropical Asia, to Australia and many islands of the Pacific ocean. The chemical tetrahydroxysqualene from dried and ground parts of R. taitensis has in vitro activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the plant has been used in folk medicine locally to treat diarrhea and hearing loss.
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Seasonality
Only 1 phenology-annotated observation exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 5 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 62 · GBIF 49 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 36 · GBIF 34 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 13 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 4
Papaʻanui · MauiGBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1