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Scaevola taccada
Beach Naupaka
Nothing sits closer to the tideline than Scaevola taccada. The Beach Naupaka is a thick, fleshy-leaved shrub of Indo-Pacific strand vegetation that grows on raw beach sand and coral rubble, takes salt spray straight off the water, and carries small white fan-shaped flowers for most of the year.
It is used for dune stabilisation, coastal hedging and screening, and beachfront and resort planting where nothing softer will hold.
Specifications
- Height1 to 3 metres
- Width2 to 3 metres
- Native toCoastal tropical Indo-Pacific, from East Africa through Asia to Australia and the Pacific islands
- FoliageThick, fleshy, spoon-shaped pale green leaves clustered at the stem tips; evergreen
- Growth rateFast
Conditions
- SoilPrefers sandy, free-draining and saline soils; thrives on raw beach sand and coral rubble
- LightFull sun
- WaterLow; highly drought-tolerant once established
- ClimateThrives in tropical and subtropical coastal regions and tolerates salt spray and strong wind
Additional Features
- FlowersSmall white fan-shaped flowers, split as though half has been torn away, produced most of the year
- UsesIdeal for dune stabilisation, coastal hedging and screening, beachfront and resort planting and windbreaks
- SpacingPlant 1.5 to 2 metres apart for a continuous coastal hedge
- Low MaintenanceTrim to shape; needs no irrigation once away
- Pest ResistanceRobust and generally free of pests
- Salt ToleranceGrows in the front line of coastal vegetation and tolerates direct salt spray
- Drought ToleranceSurvives on beach sand with no supplementary water
- Erosion ControlBinds loose sand and stabilises the front face of a dune system
Beach Naupaka is the first shrub to try when a planting has to survive at the top of a beach, and one of the very few that will.
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Prepared 09 September 2026