Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_volkameria_inermis
Seaside Clerodendrum
Volkameria inermis
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About Seaside Clerodendrum
An evergreen erect shrub or climber with opposite stalked oval-to-narrowly-lanceolate leaves. Mature blades are hairless, smooth-edged and inconspicuously veined. Small groups of fragrant white flowers occur at branch ends. Drop-shaped drupes turn from bright green to black or brown. 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
- Volkameria inermis
- Common names
- seaside clerodendrum · glory bower · Indian privet · seashore tubeflower
- Other names
- Volkameria inermis · seaside clerodendrum · glory bower · Indian privet · seashore tubeflower
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Use a plain-green erect shrub form with white flowers. Do not transfer variegated cultivar foliage, Singapore animal associations or medicinal claims to a Kauaʻi record. Detailed floral counts and seed structure require additional evidence before an enlarged reconstruction.
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; scrambling shrub
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
- An evergreen erect shrub or climber with opposite stalked oval-to-narrowly-lanceolate leaves. Mature blades are hairless, smooth-edged and inconspicuously veined. Small groups of fragrant white flowers occur at branch ends. Drop-shaped drupes turn from bright green to black or brown. 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.