Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_touchardia_latifolia
Olonā
Touchardia latifolia
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About Olonā
olonā is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Touchardia latifolia
- Hawaiian names
- Olonā
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Order
- Rosales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wet forest understory
- 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
- Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Loss of cultural plantings, pigs, weeds, overharvest
- Conservation actions
- Cultural propagation, protected wet-forest plantings
- Monitoring
- Cultural propagation, protected wet-forest plantings
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- olonā is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
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