Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_santalum_pyrularium
Kauaʻi sandalwood
Santalum pyrularium
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About Kauaʻi sandalwood
Kauaʻi sandalwood (Santalum pyrularium) is a tree; shrub recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Kauaʻi evidence
Accepted status, Kauaʻi occurrence, nativity, growth form, and names were audited against the 2026 Smithsonian checklist and linked habit source. Scientific synonyms: Santalum freycinetianum var. pyrularim (A. Gray) Stemmerm.; Santalum majus H. St. John; Santalum pyrularium A. Gray; Santalum pyrularium var. sphaerolithos Skottsb..
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Santalum pyrularium
- Common names
- Kauaʻi forest sandalwood · Kauaʻi sandalwood · Sandalwood
- Hawaiian names
- Lāʻau ʻala · Wahie ʻala · ʻAoa · ʻAʻahi · ʻIliahi
- Other names
- Santalum pyrularium · Kauaʻi sandalwood · Kauaʻi forest sandalwood · Sandalwood · Lāʻau ʻala · Wahie ʻala · ʻAoa · ʻAʻahi · ʻIliahi · Santalum freycinetianum var. pyrularim (A. Gray) Stemmerm. · Santalum majus H. St. John · Santalum pyrularium A. Gray · Santalum pyrularium var. sphaerolithos Skottsb.
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- 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
- Mesic forest · Wet forest · Bog margins
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable habitat 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
- Kauaʻi sandalwood (Santalum pyrularium) is a tree; shrub recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Sources and further reading
- https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043
- https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Santalum&species=pyrularium
- https://www.plantsofhawaii.org/detail/%7BE2414B57-9B84-47EC-8419-7CC3DED3BFDD%7D
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780639-1
- https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Santalum