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Capparis sandwichiana; photograph Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BYForest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Capparis sandwichiana DC.

Capparaceae · Hawaii

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Summary

Capparis sandwichiana is a species of flowering plant in the Capparaceae family endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Common names include maiapilo, pua pilo, and Hawaiian caper. C. sandwichiana can be found on the main islands, Midway Atoll, the Pearl and Hermes Atoll, and Laysan. It inhabits coastal low shrublands and rocky shores at elevations from sea level to 325 feet (99 m). More on Wikipedia ›

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Capparis sandwichiana", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeHawaii · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“shrub or tree” · “seasonally dry tropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (6).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Capparis 17 in the reference

Capparis acutifolia Capparis acutifolia Capparaceae Photo: CC0, author not statedCapparis arborea Capparis arborea Brush Caper Berry Photo: CC BY, John TannCapparis brevispina Capparis brevispina Capparaceae Photo: CC BY, Paulmathi VinodCapparis canescens Capparis canescens Wild Orange Photo: CC BY, Martin Hannan-JonesCapparis cartilaginea Capparis cartilaginea Caper Photo: CC0, author not statedCapparis decidua Capparis decidua Sodada Photo: CC BY, harrier Capparis fohaiensis Capparaceae Capparis formosana Capparis formosana Capparaceae Photo: CC BY, 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng ZengCapparis micracantha Capparis micracantha Capparaceae Photo: CC BY, 謝麗霦Capparis mitchellii Capparis mitchellii Desert caper Photo: CC BY-SA, Greg TasneyCapparis sabiifolia Capparis sabiifolia Capparaceae Photo: CC BY, Cheng-Te HsuCapparis sepiaria Capparis sepiaria Capparaceae Photo: CC BY, Henry de Lange all 18 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Capparis sandwichiana var. zoharyi; Capparis sandwicensis. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Capparaceae
Described by
DC.
Native to
Hawaii
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Capparis sandwichiana DC. (plant_name_id 2697533), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 146755-1, POWO 146755-1
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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