Fragrant kerosene tree spotted thriving on a Maui coastline
A citizen scientist confirmed a verified sighting of the Kerosene Tree, a coastal tropical species with fragrant orange flowers, growing in Wailea-Makena, Hawaii.
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Cordiaceae
Cordiaceae is a family in the flowering plant order Boraginales. It has also been treated as the subfamily Cordioideae of a broadly circumscribed family Boraginaceae s.l., but in 2016 the Boraginales Working Group recommended treating it as the separate family Cordiaceae. This treatment is accepted by World Flora Online as of December 2025, but not by Plants of the World Online which places its genera in Boraginaceae.
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3 articlesFragrant kerosene tree spotted thriving on a Maui coastline
If you're planning a drought-tolerant, salt-tolerant coastal garden, this tree's presence confirm...
Fragrant orange-flowered coastal tree confirmed at Hawaiian historic park
If you're planning a native coastal garden in Hawaii or the tropics, this tree offers salt tolera...
Clay coating helps native tree seedlings survive harsh sun during r...
If you've ever tried to establish a native tree seedling in a bare, sunny patch of yard only to w...
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Fragrant orange-flowered coastal tree confirmed at Hawaiian historic park
If you're planning a native coastal garden in Hawaii or the tropics, this tree offers salt tolerance, showy orange flowers,...
Cordia subcordata
native-plants / ethnobotany
Clay coating helps native tree seedlings survive harsh sun during reforestation
If you've ever tried to establish a native tree seedling in a bare, sunny patch of yard only to watch it scorch and stall,...
Cordia superba
native-plants / climate-adaptation