naturalizedZingiberaceae

Zingiber spectabile

beehive ginger

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Zingiber spectabile is a species of true ginger, native to Maritime Southeast Asia. It is primarily grown in the West as an ornamental plant, although it has been used in South-East Asia as a medicinal herb.

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Seasonality

Only 5 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 52 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 158 · GBIF 34 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 30 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 22 · GBIF 9 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wākiu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahauiki · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓