Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_duranta_erecta
Golden dewdrop
Duranta erecta
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About Golden dewdrop
Golden dewdrop (Duranta erecta) is an introduced tree treated as naturalized on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Current extent is unassessed. Native from Mexico and the Caribbean to northern South America and naturalized widely in tropical and subtropical disturbed vegetation, scrub, and riverine thickets.
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
- Duranta erecta
- Common names
- Golden dewdrop · pigeon berry
- Other names
- Duranta erecta · golden dewdrop · pigeon berry · Duranta repens · Duranta plumieri
- 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
- confirmed tree scope
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
- Golden dewdrop (Duranta erecta) is an introduced tree treated as naturalized on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Current extent is unassessed. Native from Mexico and the Caribbean to northern South America and naturalized widely in tropical and subtropical disturbed vegetation, scrub, and riverine thickets.
Sources and further reading
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications/pdf/tr75.pdf
- https://editedimages.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Imadaetal.2025Hawaiianvascularplants.xlsx
- https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330606-2
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330606-2/general-information
- https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000946828