Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_antidesma_venosum
Tassel-berry
Antidesma venosum
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About Tassel-berry
Tassel-berry (Antidesma venosum) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native across tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar, extending from southern China to Indo-China, primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. Regional floras record it as a shrub or small tree. The Kauaʻi evidence is a cultivated 2018 institutional living-collection record and does not establish naturalization.
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 venosum
- Common names
- Tassel-berry
- Other names
- Antidesma venosum · Tassel-berry · Antidesma bifrons · Antidesma natalense
- 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 small 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
- Tassel-berry (Antidesma venosum) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native across tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar, extending from southern China to Indo-China, primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. Regional floras record it as a shrub or small tree. The Kauaʻi evidence is a cultivated 2018 institutional living-collection record and does not establish naturalization.