Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_ceodes_umbellifera
Umbrella catchbirdtree
Ceodes umbellifera
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About Umbrella catchbirdtree
Umbrella catchbirdtree (Ceodes umbellifera) is indigenous in the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Loosely branched, hairless shrub or tree to 10 m tall with thick branchlets and conspicuous condensed terminal nodes.
Kauaʻi evidence
Accepted status, Kauaʻi occurrence, nativity, growth form, and names were audited against the 2026 Smithsonian checklist and linked habit source. Scientific synonyms: Calpidia excelsa (Blume) Heimerl; Ceodes forsteriana (Walp. & Schauer) Skottsb.; Labordia fauriei H. Lév.; Pisonia excelsa Blume; Pisonia forsteriana Walp. & Schauer; Pisonia macrocarpa C. Presl.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Ceodes umbellifera
- Common names
- Catchbirdtree · Umbrella catchbird tree · Umbrella catchbirdtree
- Hawaiian names
- Pāpala · Pāpala kēpau
- Other names
- Ceodes umbellifera · Catchbirdtree · Umbrella catchbird tree · Umbrella catchbirdtree · Pāpala · Pāpala kēpau · Calpidia excelsa (Blume) Heimerl · Ceodes forsteriana (Walp. & Schauer) Skottsb. · Labordia fauriei H. Lév. · Pisonia excelsa Blume · Pisonia forsteriana Walp. & Schauer · Pisonia macrocarpa C. Presl
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- 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
- Coastal native vegetation · Lowland native forest · Mesic 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
- Umbrella catchbirdtree (Ceodes umbellifera) is indigenous in the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Loosely branched, hairless shrub or tree to 10 m tall with thick branchlets and conspicuous condensed terminal nodes.