Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Capparis sandwichiana
Collector Name:
Clay Trauernicht
Collection Date:
December 4, 2007
Observers:
Natalia Tangalin
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Mahaulepu. Far eastern beach. Growing at base of cliffs.
Plant Description:
Sprawling shrub, 2 m long. Flowers white-purple. Fruit foul-smelling when ripe. Big-headed ants (Pheidole megacephala) foraging on flesh of dropped fruit.
Date of Record Creation:
January 29, 2014
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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