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Sideroxylon polynesicum
As recorded: Sideroxylon polynesicum (Hillebr.) Smedmark & Anderb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Sapotaceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Collector number
- 815
- Date
- December 22, 1967
- Locality
- 2 miles E of Ulupalakua
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 564 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Imada, C.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 22, 1967, Herbst, D.R. also collected 3 other specimens.
Sideroxylon polynesicum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1967. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 14 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-05-21.
2026-05-21
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-17
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) premota, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-15
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) premota, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-09
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Michael Sthreshley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-01-24
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-06-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Spencer Len Pote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Sideroxylon polynesicum. BISH 28340. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956191682. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/28340.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956191682 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026