Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_tephrosia_purpurea
ʻAuhuhu
Tephrosia purpurea
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About ʻAuhuhu
A short-lived subshrub with pinnate leaves of seven to fifteen or more narrow oblanceolate-to-oblong leaflets, finely hairy beneath. A representative pale-pink pea-flowered form bears long racemes. Slender beaked pods curve slightly upward near their tips and twist open at maturity, containing a few transversely elliptic-to-rectangular seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
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
- Tephrosia purpurea
- Hawaiian names
- ʻauhuhu · ʻauhola · hola
- Other names
- Tephrosia purpurea · ʻauhuhu · ʻauhola · hola
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Polynesian introduction
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Use one pale-pink form; do not combine purple and nearly white flower forms or impose an unsupported single ripe seed color.
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; Short lived subshrubs up to 1.5 m tall.
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 short-lived subshrub with pinnate leaves of seven to fifteen or more narrow oblanceolate-to-oblong leaflets, finely hairy beneath. A representative pale-pink pea-flowered form bears long racemes. Slender beaked pods curve slightly upward near their tips and twist open at maturity, containing a few transversely elliptic-to-rectangular seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.