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Updated 5/5/2024

Family Malvaceae

(including Sterculiaceae)

Hibiscus Family

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Hibiscus arnottianus subsp. arnottianus

KOKI'O KE'OKE'O 

 

   Hibiscus arnottianus subsp. punaluuensis

KOKI'O KE'OKE'O 

Hibiscus arnottianus subsp. immaculatus

  MOLOKA'I WHITE HIBISCUS 

 

  
Hibiscus waimeae subsp. waimeae 

KAUA'I WHITE HIBISCUS

  		Hibiscus waimeae subsp. hannerae 

DWARF WHITE HIBISCUS

 
Hibiscus kokio subsp. kokio

  HAWAIIAN RED HIBISCUS 

 

 Hibiscus clayi  

CLAY'S RED HIBISCUS

Hibiscus kokio subsp. saintjohnianus

  HAWAIIAN ORANGE HIBISCUS 

Hibiscus kokio subsp. saintjohnianus

  HAWAIIAN ORANGE HIBISCUS 

 
Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. brackenridgei

  HAWAIIAN YELLOW HIBISCUS 

 

 Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. mokuleianus

  MOKULEIA YELLOW HIBISCUS 

Gossypium tomentosum

  HAWAIIAN COTTON    MA'O 

 

 Hibiscadelphus giffardianus

  KILAUEA HAU KUAHIWI 

 
Abutilon menziesii

  KO'OLOA 'ULA 

 

Abutilon eremitopetalum


HIDDEN-PETALED ABUTILON 

Kokia drynarioides 

 HAWAII TREE COTTON   HAU HELE 'ULA 

 

  

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Hibiscus furcellatus

HAWAIIAN PINK HIBISCUS

 'AKIOHALA

 

 Abutilon incanum

HOARY ABUTILON    MA'O

 
Sida fallax

'ILIMA

 

Waltheria indica

'UHALOA or HI'ALOA

INDIGENOUS or POLYNESIAN INTRODUCTION

 

Thespesia populnea

PORTIA    MILO

 

 Hibiscus tiliaceus 

BEACH or SEA HIBISCUS    HAU    

 

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Gossypium barbadense

SEA ISLAND COTTON

 

Gossypium hirsutum

UPLAND COTTON
Malvaviscus penduliflorus

TURK'S CAP or FIRECRACKER HIBISCUS

 		 Abutilon grandifolium

HAIRY ABUTILON

 
Malvastrum coromandelianum

FALSE MALLOW

 		 Sida rhombifolia

NARROW-LEAF MALLOW

 
Sida planicaulis

BRAZILIAN MALLOW

 Sida ciliaris

BRACTED FANPETALS    RED ILIMA

 
Sidastrum micranthum

SAND MALLOW

 

 Malva parviflora

CHEESE WEED
   

HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Hibiscus cultivars

HIBISCUS CULTIVARS

 		 Hibiscus acetosella

RED- or MAPLE-LEAF HIBISCUS

 
Lebronnecia kokioides 

LEBRONNECIA

 		 Hibiscus scottii 

SCOTT'S HIBISCUS

 
Thespesia lampas

BAN KAPAS   BULAK-BULAKAN

 

 Theobroma cacao

 
Hibiscus tiliaceus variety

THICKLEAF HAU

 Hibiscus tiliaceus variegated

 

VARIEGATED HAU

 
Sterculia apetala

PANAMA TREE

 

 Sterculia foetida

JAVA OLIVE or SKUNK TREE
Pavonia strictiflora

GOETHEA

 

 Pterospermum acerifolium

BAYUR, DINNER-PLATE TREE
Brachychiton populneus

BLACK KURRAJONG or BOTTLE TREE

 

 Brachychiton acerifolius

AUSTRALIAN FLAME TREE
Hibiscus ovalifolius

YELLOW ROSE MALLOW

 

 Sterculia ceramica

LANYU STERCULIA