Crateva religiosa

Sacred garlic pear

As recorded: Crateva speciosa Volkens

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Brassicales › Capparaceae

Collected by: Kepler, A.K.
Collector number: 93-53
Date: August 6, 1993
Locality: on N. barrier reef Inland; cleared forest to cultivate Cyrtosperma. Area well mulched; adjacent to Pisonia; Morinda forest. Sand and some humus in substrate
Island: Onao Islet
Region: Truk (=Chuuk), Micronesia
Elevation: 2 m
Identified by: Herbst, D.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

85 Bishop specimens of Crateva religiosa · collected 1911–2009Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 6, 1993, Kepler, A.K. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Crateva religiosa observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1993. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 66 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-04-26.

2026-04-26

Plunkett's Rd, The Peak, Hong Kong Island, HK

(c) H Y, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-26

二龙喉公园, 澳门特别行政区, CN

(c) iukioyyyyy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-26

639M+RFJ, Mamdapur, Maharashtra 416210, India

(c) Pramod Appaso Kumbhar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-25

Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

(c) Tarak Samanta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-23

臺灣島, 大溪區, 桃園市, TW

(c) zoehsu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-16

F5PX+67V, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110068, India

(c) rashmirai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Crateva religiosa. BISH 633377. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956375859. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/633377.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956375859 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026