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Jasminum sambac, Oleaceae, pikake, Arabian jasmine. Shrub from
India, with sweet-scented white flowers in single (pikake lahilahi), or double forms
(pikake pupupu). Made into leis and perfume. A single lei strand takes about 80 flowers.
In a good season a bush may yield up to 36 strands. The flowers are also used to flavor
jasmine tea. National flower of the Philippines. Location: Makai end of middle section of
Henke. |
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Jatropha integerrima, Euphorbiaceae, rose-flowered jatropha.
Ornamental shrub from Cuba with showy red flowers. Location: Between Snack Bar and Maile
Way. |
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Justicia betonica, Acanthaceae, white shrimp plant. Weak-stemmed
ornamental shrub from Maylaya to tropical Africa, introduced to Hawaii fairly recently,
now becoming a weed in several areas. Location: Diamond Head of Bachman; makai of Thrift
Shop. |
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Justicia brandegeana, Acanthaceae, red shrimp plant. Weak
stemmed shrub from Mexico, with red or pinkish flower bracts. Location: Andrews
Amphitheater; Around Hawaii Curriculum Center office next to UH High School. |
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Kalanchoe pinnata, Crassulaceae, air plant. Succulent herb from
tropical Africa and India; first reported in Ka'u in 1888; common in Honolulu by 1920; now
growing wild in several locations. Well-known for the ease of vegetative propagation of
plantlets along the leaf margins. Location: St. John courtyard. |
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Kigelia africana, Bignoniaceae, sausage tree. Medium-sized tree
from tropical west Africa with large sausage-shaped woody fruits that dangle on long
stems below the leafy branches. The large leathery flowers
open in the evening and
in its native habitat are
visited by bats. Although not edible, the fruits are
used in Africa as an external
medication. Location: Along sidewalk mauka of Miller and Campus Center. |
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Koelreuteria formosana, Sapindaceae, golden-rain tree.
An ornamental tree from Taiwan with bipinnate leaves and 3-lobed, pinkish
papery capsule about two inches long. The first photos shows a portion of
a female inflorescence on the left and male on the right. The second
photo shows a male flower on the left and a female flower on the
right. In the third photo the lower flower is functionally male.
Above and to the left, three developing pistils
represent three female flowers. Location: near mauka-Diamond Head corner
of Kuykendall. |
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Kyllinga nemoralis, Cyperaceae, kili'o'opu. Small pantropical
sedge naturalized in lowland Hawaii. Stems slender, triangular, about 5 inches or taller,
with linear leaves and a globose white "flowering" head about 1/4 inch or less
in diameter Location: Common in lawns all over campus. |
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Lagerstroemia speciosa, Lythraceae, giant crape myrtle. Large
tree from India to Australia, sometimes planted as street tree in Hawaii, very showy in
flower, but seasonal. Location: Between Bachman and Sinclair, makai of oleander hedge and
Diamond Head of cannonball tree. |
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Lagunaria pattersonii, white wood, handsome tree
from E Australia and Lord How and Norfolk Islands. Location: Bachman Hall,
near mauka-Diamond head corner on mauka side of Diamond Head wing. |
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Lantana camara, Verbenaceae, lantana. Shrub with
strongly aromatic herbage, introduced from tropical America to Maui in
1858 as an ornamental. Soon escaped cultivation and became a serious
naturalized weed in lowland areas up to 1500 feet elevation. At least
eight insects have been imported in attempts to control it. Location:
Planter area, makai-Ewa of Bachman. |
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Lantana montevidensis, Verbenaceae, trailing lantana. Trailing
ornamental shrub from Uruguay. Location: Between Krauss and Andrews Amphitheater; Ewa and
mauka of Korean Studies. |
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Lecythis minor, Lecythidaceae, monkeypot nuts. Trees from South
America with generally large woody capsules that open with a lid to reveal large seeds
("nuts"), for example, the paradise nut is L. zabucajo. The Brazil nut is
in the related genus Bertholletia. Location: Along sidewalk between Sherman Hall
and East West Rd (young saplings). |
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Leea guineensis. Ornamental
shrub from tropical Africa with leaves 3-4 compound, often coppery or
purplish; flowers purplish to red; and fruit dark red, about half an inch
in diameter. Location: along University Avenue in front of
Architecture Bldg. |
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Lemna perpusilla. Lemnaceae, duckweed. Cosmopolitan, tiny,
floating aquatic plant commonly forming a continous green "scum" over the water
surface (far left). In the photo on the near left the scale at the top is in millimeters
and the medium-sized plants in the top center are Lemna. The related genera Spirodela
(largest plants in photo at near left) and Wolffia (smallest plants in photo at
near left) are also found in Hawaii. The latter genus includes the smallest and simplest
of all flowering plants with plant bodies smaller than a pin head. Location: St. John
courtyard; Krauss pond. |
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Leucaena leucocephala, Mimosaceae, koa-haole. Thicket-forming
shrub from tropics, occurring in dry lowland areas and lower mountain slopes. Used for
cattle fodder in Hawaii but may cause loss of hair in some livestock; seeds
commonly used
in lei construction. Location: Mauka-Diamond Head corner of Parking Lot 6, near Newman
Center; behind the Thrift Shop. |
