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Strongylodon ruber
Nuku ’i’iwi
As recorded: Strongylodon ruber Vogel
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 25120
- Date
- May 3, 1953
- Locality
- Waianae Mts., Makaha Valley
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 549 m
- 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
Collected the same day
On May 3, 1953, St.John, H. also collected 18 other specimens.
Adiantum hispidulum
Botany
Asplenium musifolium
Botany
Canavalia galeata
Botany
Cheirodendron trigynum
Botany
Claoxylon sandwicense
Botany
Cocculus orbiculatus
Botany
Coprosma longifolia
Botany
Cyrtomium caryotideum
Botany
Hydrangea arguta
Botany
Kadua centranthoides
Botany
Melicope kaalaensis
Botany
Microsorum spectrum
Botany
Passiflora ligularis
Botany
Phyllostegia grandiflora
Botany
Psilotum nudum
Botany
Sicyos pachycarpa
Botany
Strongylodon ruber
Botany
Vandenboschia davallioides
Botany
Strongylodon ruber observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-09-21.
2025-09-21
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-09-21
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-09-21
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-03-28
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-10-22
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Matthew Kahokuloa, Jr., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-04-24
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Strongylodon ruber. BISH 698959. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956489902. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/698959.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956489902 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026