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Sophora tomentosa
Necklace pod
As recorded: Sophora tomentosa L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.; Degener, I.Isa Degener →Otto Degener →
- Collector number
- 35763
- Date
- April 9, 1983
- Locality
- Punaluu, Kau, Hawaii, In black lava sand near beach
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Geesink, R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Sophora tomentosa observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1983. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-04-05.

2026-04-05
Oʻahu, Haleiwa, HI, US
(c) aliciadunnachie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-07-19
East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad Koch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-10-11
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) mochabonsai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-21
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Marley Ford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2022-05-18
库拉
(c) arnochou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-03-26
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Sophora tomentosa. BISH 484469. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956448109. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/484469.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956448109 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
