Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_pipturus_albidus
Māmaki
Pipturus albidus
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About Māmaki
Māmaki (Pipturus albidus) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Shrub or small tree 2–6 m tall with stout gray- to reddish-brown branches that are whitish- or gray-hairy when young.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomy, nativity, island-level occurrence, growth form, names, and source conservation assessments are documented in the 2026 census audit. Broader ecology and conservation recommendations still require claim-level source review. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Pipturus albidus
- Common names
- Waimea pipturus · mamaki
- Hawaiian names
- Māmaki · Waimea
- Other names
- mamaki · Pipturus albidus · Boehmeria albida · Perlarius albidus · Pipturus albidus var. gaudichaudianus · Pipturus albidus var. meyenianus · Pipturus brighamii · Pipturus brighamii f. kohalae · Pipturus eriocarpus · Pipturus gaudichaudianus · Pipturus gaudichaudianus var. asperrimus · Pipturus gaudichaudianus var. hualalaiensis · Pipturus hawaiiensis · Pipturus hawaiiensis var. eriocarpus · Pipturus hawaiiensis var. integrifolius · Pipturus hawaiiensis subsp. molokaiensis · Pipturus hawaiiensis var. molokaiensis · Pipturus helleri · Pipturus oahuensis · Pipturus pachyphyllus · Pipturus pterocarpus · Pipturus rockii · Pipturus skottsbergii · Pipturus taitensis · Pipturus taitensis var. gaudichaudii · Waimea pipturus · Waimea · mamake · waimea (Kauaʻi)
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Order
- Rosales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Apparently Secure; U.S. source status: No Status
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld. Growth-form tags describe the taxon across its range, not a measured Kauaʻi population. Checklist source statuses are not a new legal-status determination.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Mesic/wet forest · Forest edges · Restoration plantings
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Tree; Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Weeds, overharvest, pests, drought
- Conservation actions
- Propagation, ethical harvest, forest-edge restoration
- Monitoring
- Propagation, ethical harvest, forest-edge restoration
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- Māmaki (Pipturus albidus) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Shrub or small tree 2–6 m tall with stout gray- to reddish-brown branches that are whitish- or gray-hairy when young.
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