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Sideroxylon polynesicum
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As recorded: Sideroxylon polynesicum (Hillebr.) Smedmark & Anderb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Sapotaceae
- Collected by
- Woolford, H.A.
- Collector number
- 165
- Date
- December 27, 1955
- Locality
- Kanoi
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 27, 1955, Woolford, H.A. also collected 18 other specimens.
Sideroxylon polynesicum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1955. 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 40696. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956537864. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/40696.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956537864 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
