Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_antidesma_madagascariense
Madagascar Antidesma
Antidesma madagascariense
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About Madagascar Antidesma
Madagascar Antidesma (Antidesma madagascariense) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native to the western Indian Ocean (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion), where it is a shrub or tree of the wet tropical biome. Herbarium field records document small trees on humid slopes and near forest rivers. On Kauaʻi, the verified evidence is limited to a cultivated 2018 institutional living collection.
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
- Antidesma madagascariense
- Common names
- Madagascar Antidesma
- Other names
- Antidesma madagascariense · Madagascar Antidesma
- 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
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Woody shrub or tree
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
- Madagascar Antidesma (Antidesma madagascariense) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native to the western Indian Ocean (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion), where it is a shrub or tree of the wet tropical biome. Herbarium field records document small trees on humid slopes and near forest rivers. On Kauaʻi, the verified evidence is limited to a cultivated 2018 institutional living collection.