Sesbania tomentosa
'ōhai
As recorded: Sesbania tomentosa Hook. & Arn.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Herat, T.; Herat, R.; Higashino, P.K.R. Herat →T.R. Herat →Paul K. Higashino →
- Collector number
- Collector Number: 887
- Date
- 1974
- Locality
- Kau District; along puna Coast trail, pass Apua Pt, towards Kalapana. Few yards from sign post
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Sesbania tomentosa observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 354 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-15.
2026-10-15
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) cwlonie6626, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Hawaii, US
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-27
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) apalkovic, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-26
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) bchamplin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-20
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-22
Hawaii, US
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Sesbania tomentosa. BISH 410637. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956619297. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/410637.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956619297 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026