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Internal ID UUID644046961ab1f869372598
Scientific name Scaevola taccada
Authority (Gaertn.) Roxb.
First published in Hort. Bengal. 15. 1814

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Common products:
- Handicraft items crafted from flexible young shoots and twigs, such as mats, baskets, and plaited goods.

Industrial and craft applications:
- Thatching and roofing for coastal dwellings, utilizing durable palmate leaves.
- Lashing and cordage derived from young shoots or leaf midribs in Polynesian craft.
- Fishing line and nets produced from young stems in parts of the Pacific.

Wood and fiber:
- Timber: solid, dense stems used for posts and poles in shoreline construction and as structural supports in coastal settlements.
- Fiber: bast fibers from young stems/petioles processed into cordage and coarse weaving for handicrafts.

Properties relevant to use:
- Stem mechanical robustness and density support small structural and load-bearing craft applications.
- Leaf toughness and resistance to saltwater exposure suit thatching and cordage in marine environments.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Widely distributed along tropical coastlines from the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific; locally harvested without threatening populations due to abundant regeneration.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Lobelia piliplena Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 378. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Lobelia sericea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 377. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Lobelia koenigii Saff. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. ix. 310 (1905). [8 Apr 1905]
Scaevola velutina C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 58 (1831)
Scaevola frutescens K.Krause Pflanzenr. , IV, 277: 125 (1912)
Scaevola fauriei H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 150 (1911)
Scaevola lativaga Hance Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 1054 (1852)
Scaevola billardierei D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 1: 786 (1839)
Scaevola bela-modagani Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 163 (1819)
Lobelia frutescens Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 1. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]
Scaevola koenigii Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 36 (1794)
Scaevola billardieri Dieter. Syn. Pl. 786 1839
Scaevola leschenaultii DC. Prodr. 7: 506 (1839)
Scaevola plumerioides Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 8: 252 (1842)
Scaevola chlorantha de Vriese Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2(1): 137 (1851)
Scaevola lambertiana de Vriese Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2(1): 139 (1851)
Scaevola macrocalyx de Vriese Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2(1): 138 (1851)
Scaevola latevaga Hance ex Walp Ann. 2: 1054 1852
Scaevola piliplena Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 581 (1857)
Scaevola frutescens var. sericea (Vahl) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 7(5): 354 1912
Scaevola lobelia var. sericea (Vahl) Benth. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 297 1852
Lobelia sericea var. koenigii (M.Vahl) Kuntze Revisio Generum Plantarum 2 1891
Roemeria lobelia Dennst. Schlüssel Hortus Malab. : 30 (1818)
Scaevola sericea Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 37 (1791)
Scaevola frutescens var. koenigii (Vahl) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 646 (1929)
Scaevola frutescens f. glabra (Matsum.) Hatus. Fl. Ryukyus : 597 (1971)
Scaevola taccada f. punicea H.St.John Phytologia 40: 390 (1978)
Scaevola taccada f. moomomiana (O.Deg. & Greenwell) T.Yamaz. Fl. Japan 3a: 419 (1993)
Scaevola taccada var. bryanii H.St.John Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 88: 75 (1975)
Scaevola taccada var. fauriei (H.Lév.) H.St.John Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 88: 74 (1975)
Scaevola taccada var. sericea (Vahl) H.St.John Taxon 9: 205 (1960)
Scaevola koenigii var. macrocalyx Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 580 (1857)
Scaevola koenigii var. glabra Matsum. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 14: 57 (1900)
Lobelia velutina Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 377 (1891)
Scaevola sericea var. taccada (Gaertn.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 18: 68 (1904)
Scaevola frutescens f. moomomiana O.Deg. & Greenwell Fl. Hawaiiensis , Fam. 340: s.p. (1949)

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Language Common/alternative name
English beach naupaka
English naupaka
Catalan col de platja
Czech vějířovka takada
Czech moral obecný
Persian کلم ساحلی
French emet
French vouloutye
French veveda
French veloutier vert
French to'ito'i
French ngahu
French naupata
French nauaka-kahakai
French nanasu
French manioc marron bord de mer
French gasu
Hawaiian naupaka
Hawaiian aupaka
Hawaiian huahekili
Hawaiian naupaka kahakai
Hawaiian naupaka kai
Indonesian gagabusan
Japanese クサトベラ
mad jhâtè pasèr
Malayalam വെള്ളമോദകം
Malay merambung
Portuguese repolho de praia
Portuguese ngahu
Portuguese naupaka kahakai
Portuguese naupaka de praia
Portuguese merambong
Portuguese magoo
Portuguese bapaceda ou papatjeda
Portuguese alface do mar
Thai รักทะเล
Chinese 草海桐
Chinese 水草
Chinese 山萝卜

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001065157
USDA Plants SCSE6
Tropicos 14600036
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30200356-2
Nature Serve 2.144530
IPNI 30200356-2
GBIF 7544936
USDA GRIN 70614
Wikipedia Scaevola_sericea
Florida Plant Atlas 1900
Tropicos 14600012
INPN 448355
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384339-1
The Plant List tro-14600012
Missouri Botanical Garden 281008
Open Tree Of Life 126703
NCBI Taxonomy 16481
IPNI 1074372-2
iNaturalist 363481
GBIF 6358362
Freebase /m/0hgrs5x
EPPO SWLTA
EOL 485065
USDA GRIN 70617
Wikipedia Scaevola_taccada
Open Tree Of Life 126703

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Scientific Literature Top

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The rhizosphere and root selections intensify fungi-bacteria interaction in abiotic stress-resistant plants Huang F, Lei M, Li W PeerJ 15-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11025542
doi:10.7717/peerj.17225
PMID:38638154
The effects of dune plant roots on loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nest success Redding OT, Castorani MC, Lasala J Ecol Evol 01-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC10985360
doi:10.1002/ece3.11207
PMID:38571807
Minimal impacts of invasive Scaevola taccada on Scaevola plumieri via pollinator competition in Puerto Rico Swensen SM, Gomez AM, Piasecki-Masters C, Chime N, Wine AR, Rodriguez NC, Conklin J, Melcher PJ Front Plant Sci 25-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10850390
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1281797
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The first complete chloroplast genome sequence of Pentaphragma spicatum Merr. (Pentaphragmataceae) and phylogenetic analysis Cheng Z, Yu BN, Huang XY, Bin ZJ, Liu SZ, Chi ZJ Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 12-Dec-2023
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doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2290339
PMID:38196793
Cross-Regional Pollination Behavior of Trichoplusia ni between China and the Indo-China Peninsula Zhou X, Jia H, Zhang H, Wu K Plants (Basel) 06-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10648395
doi:10.3390/plants12213778
PMID:37960134
An invasive appetite: Combining molecular and stable isotope analyses to reveal the diet of introduced house mice (Mus musculus) on a small, subtropical island Holthuijzen WA, Flint EN, Green SJ, Plissner JH, Simberloff D, Sweeney D, Wolf CA, Jones HP PLoS One 19-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10586637
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293092
PMID:37856477
Migratory patterns of two major influenza virus host species on tropical islands Lebarbenchon C, Boucher S, Feare C, Dietrich M, Larose C, Humeau L, Le Corre M, Jaeger A R Soc Open Sci 04-Oct-2023
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doi:10.1098/rsos.230600
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Resistance of Mycorrhizal Cinnamomum camphora Seedlings to Salt Spray Depends on K+ and P Uptake Xue L, Liu P, Wu A, Dong L, Wu Q, Zhao M, Liu H, Li Y, Zhang N, Wang Y J Fungi (Basel) 26-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10607215
doi:10.3390/jof9100964
PMID:37888220
The first ITS2 sequence data set of eDNA from honey of Malaysian giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) and stingless bees (Heterotrigona itama) reveals plant species diversity Huda N, ullah S, Wahab RA, Lani MN, Daud NH, Shariff AH, Ismail NI, Hamid AA, Mohamad MA, Huyop F BMC Res Notes 12-Sep-2023
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doi:10.3390/jof9090916
PMID:37755024
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PMCID:PMC10907465
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PMID:37572137
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doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40002-9
PMID:37474573
Efficient Plant Regeneration System from Leaf Explant Cultures of Daphne genkwa via Somatic Embryogenesis Ku SS, Woo HA, Shin MJ, Jie EY, Kim H, Kim HS, Cho HS, Jeong WJ, Lee MS, Min SR, Kim SW Plants (Basel) 30-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10255457
doi:10.3390/plants12112175
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doi:10.3390/molecules28093707
PMID:37175119

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesterterpenoids / Scalarane sesterterpenoids
(3R,4aR,6aR,6aS,8aR,12aR,14aR,14bR)-8a-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6a,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-ol 162957579 Click to see 442.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
(3R,4aR,6aR,6aS,8aS,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6a,8a,11,11,14b-octamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-ol 162931944 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CC=C3C4(CCC5C(C(CCC5(C4CCC3(C2C1)C)C)O)(C)C)C)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
4,4,6a,8a,11,11,12b,14b-Octamethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,12b,13,14,14a,14b-icosahydropicen-3-ol 344467 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
Myricardiol 4979342 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CC=C3C4(CCC5C(C(CCC5(C4CCC3(C2C1)C)C)O)(C)C)C)CO)C 442.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(3R,4aS,6aR,6bS,8aR,11R,12S,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,14b-octamethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-ol 163022459 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
(4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14b-Octamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl) acetate 13915603 Click to see CC(=O)OC1CCC2(C3CCC4=C5CC(CCC5(CCC4(C3(CCC2C1(C)C)C)C)C)(C)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
(4R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,12aS,14aS,14bR)-4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-octamethyl-2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-one 11870447 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
[(3R,4aR,6aR,6bS,8aR,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14b-octamethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl] acetate 13915601 Click to see CC(=O)OC1CCC2(C3CCC4=C5CC(CCC5(CCC4(C3(CCC2C1(C)C)C)C)C)(C)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14b-octamethyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,14a-dodecahydro-1H-picen-3-one 14079469 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=C2C1)CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C)C)C 424.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
alpha-Amyrenol 225688 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
delta-Amyrone 14079468 Click to see 424.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
Friedelan-3-one 244297 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
Friedelanol 348029 Click to see CC1C(CCC2C1(CCC3C2(CCC4(C3(CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)C)C)C)C)C)O 428.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616
Friedelinol 101341 Click to see CC1C(CCC2C1(CCC3C2(CCC4(C3(CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)C)C)C)C)C)O 428.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.94.12_1616

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