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Heliocarpus americanus
white moho
As recorded: Heliocarpus popayanensis Kunth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Osgood, R.V.
- Collector number
- 54
- Date
- December 5, 1965
- Locality
- Honolulu, section 22, lower part
- Island
- Oʻahu
- 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
Heliocarpus americanus observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1965. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 83 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-23.
2026-08-23
Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-09
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) kairigney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-22
Maunalaha Trail, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) atcgnyc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-12
Tantalus Dr, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-12
Tantalus Dr, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-12
Tantalus Dr, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Heliocarpus americanus. BISH 7243. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956206992. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/7243.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956206992 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026