Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_prunus_persica
Peach
Prunus persica
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About Peach
Peach (Prunus persica) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Its checklist classification is naturalized; current extent is unassessed. An ancient domesticate derived in East Asia and now cultivated worldwide. Fallen fruit and animal or human movement can disperse stones beyond cultivation where chilling and moisture permit germination. Bishop Museum and Smithsonian document naturalized Kauaʻi occurrence; no island-wide abundance or ecological impact is inferred.
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
- Prunus persica
- Common names
- Peach
- Other names
- Prunus persica · Peach · Amygdalus persica
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-06
- Evidence limits
- Present island-wide abundance, occupied habitat, recruitment, population trend, and ecological effects have not been quantified; no invasive severity is inferred from checklist or forestry status.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Flowers require pollination and produce one-stoned drupes. Seeds generally need embryo maturation and a cool stratification period, while shoots are easily propagated horticulturally; the pathway sustaining Kauaʻi naturalized plants is unrecorded.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Small tree
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
- Peach (Prunus persica) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Its checklist classification is naturalized; current extent is unassessed. An ancient domesticate derived in East Asia and now cultivated worldwide. Fallen fruit and animal or human movement can disperse stones beyond cultivation where chilling and moisture permit germination. Bishop Museum and Smithsonian document naturalized Kauaʻi occurrence; no island-wide abundance or ecological impact is inferred.
Sources and further reading
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1212858-2
- https://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242341609
- 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