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Updated 9/1/2023

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 

 

 


Abutilon menziesii

  KO'OLOA 'ULA 

 

Abutilon eremitopetalum


HIDDEN-PETALED ABUTILON

Kokia drynarioides 

 HAWAII TREE COTTON   HAU HELE 'ULA 

 

Hibiscadelphus giffardianus

  KILAUEA HAU KUAHIWI 


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