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Tabernaemontana litoralis
milky way tree
As recorded: Stemmadenia litoralis (Kunth) L.Allorge
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Apocynaceae
- Collected by
- Pearsall, G.A.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- April 20, 1948
- Locality
- Honolulu, Foster Botanic Garden
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3164, -157.8578 ± 228 m
- Identified by
- Leeuwenberg, A.J.M.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On April 20, 1948, Pearsall, G.A. also collected 3 other specimens.
Still here: Tabernaemontana litoralis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1948. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-02-27.
2026-02-27
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Flower Spider, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-12
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-08-04
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) brittanykeiko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-16
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Tabernaemontana litoralis. BISH 574983. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956322473. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/574983.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956322473 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026