Rubiaceae
Variable island-bluet
Kadua affinis
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Kadua
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![Variable island-bluet: Manono or Variable starviolet [syn. Hedyotis terminalis] Rubiaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Hawaiʻi Island (Cultivated) NPH00001 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Kadua_affinis_%285187580363%29.jpg/1280px-Kadua_affinis_%285187580363%29.jpg)
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Variable island-bluet, Variable starviolet
- Hawaiian
- Manono
Synonyms
- Gouldia affinis Wilbur
- Gouldia affinis var. gracilis (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia affinis var. robusta (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia angustifolia (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia antiqua (Fosberg) Skottsb.
- Gouldia antiqua (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia antiqua var. acuta (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia antiqua var. hirtellifolia (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia antiqua var. kauensis (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia antiqua var. kehena (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia antiqua var. oblonga (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia arborescens (Wawra) A.Heller
- Gouldia aspera (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia bobeoides (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia cirrhopetiolata H.Lév.
- Gouldia congesta (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia cordata (Wawra) Skottsb.
- Gouldia cordata var. acuminata (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia cordata var. molokaiensis (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia cordata var. nealiae (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia coriacea (Hook. & Arn.) Hillebr.
- Gouldia crassicaulis (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia degeneri (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia elongata A.Heller
- Gouldia elongata var. hirtellicostata (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia elongata var. kahili (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia forbesii (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia fosbergii O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia fosbergii var. albicaulis (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia fosbergii var. macrophylla (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia glabra (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia glabra var. parvithyrsa (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia glabra var. waipioensis (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia gracilis (Fosberg) Skottsb.
- Gouldia hathewayi (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia hirtella Hillebr.
- Gouldia hirtella var. epiphytica Hochr.
- Gouldia hirtella var. stipulacea (Wawra) Wawra
- Gouldia hosakae (Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Gouldia kaala (Fosberg) Skottsb.
and 160 more.
Photos
![Variable island-bluet: Manono or Variable starviolet [syn. Hedyotis terminalis] Rubiaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Hawaiʻi Island (Cultivated) NPH00001 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Kadua_affinis_%285187580363%29.jpg/1280px-Kadua_affinis_%285187580363%29.jpg)
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.