Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

beach naupaka

Scaevola taccada

Spanish: Mokal de la India

Scaevola taccada, also known as beach cabbage, sea lettuce, or beach naupaka, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae found in mangrove swamps and rocky or sandy coastal locations in the tropical areas of the Indo-Pacific. It is a common beach shrub throughout the Arabian Sea, the tropical Indian Ocean and the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Asterales › Goodeniaceae

Local records18 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records20,585 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2025 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-05-20 — observation by vanillakeys
2026-03-07 — observation by motmot11
2025-11-13 — observation by deneb16
2025-11-11 — observation by victorfkur
2025-11-08 — observation by fieldjay
2025-10-08 — observation by r__vega_munoz

Interactive card with more photos, sounds and similar species Plants guide iNaturalist Wikipedia

Cite as: “beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/scaevola-taccada/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.