Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyrtandra_kauaiensis
Ulunahele
Cyrtandra kauaiensis
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About Ulunahele
A many-branched shrub with unequal opposite pairs of elliptic leaves, velvety lower surfaces and raised veins. One or two flowers arise at a leaf axil. The green calyx is divided almost to its base, surrounding a curved, densely shaggy white corolla. Small ellipsoid ripe berries are white. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cyrtandra kauaiensis
- Hawaiian names
- ulunahele · haʻiwale · kanawao keʻokeʻo
- Other names
- Cyrtandra kauaiensis · ulunahele · haʻiwale · kanawao keʻokeʻo
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence 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
- Shrub or subshrub; Shrubs 1.5-3 m tall; stems many-branched.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A many-branched shrub with unequal opposite pairs of elliptic leaves, velvety lower surfaces and raised veins. One or two flowers arise at a leaf axil. The green calyx is divided almost to its base, surrounding a curved, densely shaggy white corolla. Small ellipsoid ripe berries are white. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.