Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_aiphanes_minima
Macaw palm
Aiphanes minima
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About Macaw palm
Macaw palm (Aiphanes minima) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Aiphanes minima
- Common names
- Macaw palm · bitten palm
- Other names
- Aiphanes minima · macaw palm · bitten palm · Bactris minima Gaertn. · Aiphanes acanthophylla (Mart.) Burret · Aiphanes corallina (Mart.) H.Wendl.
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Monoecious, with small unisexual flowers on interfoliar panicles; rounded fleshy fruit ripens red around a single pitted endocarp.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Palm tree · Solitary spiny palm
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Macaw palm (Aiphanes minima) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records.