Na Pohaku o Hauwahine plants - Family Convolvulaceae

Native Plants at the
Nā Pōhaku o Hauwahine Restoration Project

Family CLUSIACEAE

Calophyllum inophyllum

Kamani

NOTES: Many young trees were planted initially, but few survived their first dry season. This one (left) planted on Pu‘u Pōhaku did survive and has grown rapidly where once a Java plum stood. Despite the somewhat unlikely location (growing from a crack in the main pōhaku) , this tree was first noted flowering in early 2008 and by late 2009 was producing much fruit. Seedlings now appear scattered downslope from the original planting (2014-5).
Population: 4 (12/13)

Family CONVOLVULACEAE

'uala piko Ipomoea batatas

‘uala

NOTES: Persists, spreading by vegetative growth. Dies out if shaded. ‘uala is used as a ground cover in open areas, surviving the dry season then spreading rapidly in the wet season. We have 2 or three varieties planted at Nā Pōhaku o Hauwahine, and 'piko' seems to do the best through the dry season. [open areas].
Population: TNTC (09/15); 2 (05/18)

Pa`uohi`iaka (EBG) Jacquemontia ovalifolia var. sandwicensis

Pā‘ū o Hi‘iaka

NOTES: Persists, spreading by vegetative growth; sometimes seeding. Dies out if shaded by shrubs or trees. This species was our most prolific ground cover in open areas, surviving the dry season then spreading rapidly in the wet season. These areas of dense cover have now disappeared (typically either shaded by shrubs or covered by pili). However, pā‘ū o Hi‘iaka persists much like it occurs elsewhere in nature: as isolated strands in open areas between other plants. No gray-green (hairy) forms occur naturally at Nā Pōhaku o Hauwahine; those that have been planted, tend not to persist. Appears spontaneously in native planted areas. [open areas, xeric to mesic].
Population: not seen (12/13); 1 (09/15); 3 (05/18)

[Hawaiian Names Listing]

	Family CLUSIACEAE
		Calophyllum inophyllum Kamani NOTES: Many young trees were planted initially, but few survived their first dry season. This one (left) planted on Pu‘u Pōhaku did survive and has grown rapidly where once a Java plum stood. Despite the somewhat unlikely location (growing from a crack in the main pōhaku) , this tree was first noted flowering in early 2008 and by late 2009 was producing much fruit. Seedlings now appear scattered downslope from the original planting (2014-5). Population: 4 (12/13)
	Family CONVOLVULACEAE
		Ipomoea batatas ‘uala NOTES: Persists, spreading by vegetative growth. Dies out if shaded. ‘uala is used as a ground cover in open areas, surviving the dry season then spreading rapidly in the wet season. We have 2 or three varieties planted at Nā Pōhaku o Hauwahine, and 'piko' seems to do the best through the dry season. [open areas]. Population: TNTC (09/15); 2 (05/18)
		Jacquemontia ovalifolia var. sandwicensis Pā‘ū o Hi‘iaka NOTES: Persists, spreading by vegetative growth; sometimes seeding. Dies out if shaded by shrubs or trees. This species was our most prolific ground cover in open areas, surviving the dry season then spreading rapidly in the wet season. These areas of dense cover have now disappeared (typically either shaded by shrubs or covered by pili). However, pā‘ū o Hi‘iaka persists much like it occurs elsewhere in nature: as isolated strands in open areas between other plants. No gray-green (hairy) forms occur naturally at Nā Pōhaku o Hauwahine; those that have been planted, tend not to persist. Appears spontaneously in native planted areas. [open areas, xeric to mesic]. Population: not seen (12/13); 1 (09/15); 3 (05/18)