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ʻAhakea lau nui
Bobea elatior
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About ʻAhakea lau nui
ʻAhakea lau nui (Bobea elatior) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Tree or occasional shrub to 15 m tall, with young branch tips largely hairless except above the stipule scars.
Kauaʻi evidence
Accepted status, Kauaʻi occurrence, nativity, growth form, and names were audited against the 2026 Smithsonian checklist and linked habit source. Scientific synonyms: Bobea elatior var. molokaiensis Rock; Bobea gaudichaudii (Cham. & Schltdl.) H. St. John & D. R. Herbst; Bobea platypes Fosberg; Burneya gaudichaudii Cham. & Schltdl.; Timonius gaudichaudii (Cham. & Schltdl.) DC..
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Bobea elatior
- Hawaiian names
- ʻAhakea · ʻAhakea lau nui
- Other names
- Bobea elatior · ʻahakea · ʻahakea lau nui · Bobea elatior var. molokaiensis Rock · Bobea gaudichaudii (Cham. & Schltdl.) H. St. John & D. R. Herbst · Bobea platypes Fosberg · Burneya gaudichaudii Cham. & Schltdl. · Timonius gaudichaudii (Cham. & Schltdl.) DC.
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Apparently Secure; U.S. status: No Status
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Mesic native forest · Wet native forest
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable native-forest substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable flowers or seed and suitable establishment conditions; species-specific reproductive review remains open
- Shelter
- Suitable native vegetation structure and substrate
- Growth form
- Tree; Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Species-specific threat review pending; no fine-location evidence is published in this card
- Conservation actions
- Protect native habitat and verify species-specific actions against current conservation sources
- Monitoring
- Taxonomic identity, population condition, recruitment, and locally documented pressures; exact locations withheld
- Data gaps
- Species-specific ecology and threat citations · Reproductive phenology · Fine-scale habitat information intentionally not published
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻAhakea lau nui (Bobea elatior) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Tree or occasional shrub to 15 m tall, with young branch tips largely hairless except above the stipule scars.