Bishop MuseumExplore

Erythroxylum novogranatense

Colombian Coca

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

Photo: (c) Joey Santore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joey Santore (iNaturalist)

5

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1927

First collected

1981

Last collected

2022

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1927 by MacDaniels, L.H. (Kauaʻi). The Museum last collected it in 1981; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as May 23, 2022.

From the collection

Erythroxylum novogranatense, 122105Erythroxylum novogranatense, 122106Erythroxylum novogranatense, 122107

Alive today

1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.