Family Fabaceae (Mimosoideae).

Native to East Malesia, the Moluccas, Papau New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.

Middle photo: posts made from Falcataria moluccana being shipped for treatment on Kauai, Hawaii.

Lower photos: Decking made of treated Falcataria moluccana lumber and Douglas fir, Kauai; double-hulled canoe carved from Falcataria moluccana, Hilo.

Wood used for light weight construction, packing materials, panelling, cabinets, furniture, toys, wooden shoes, musical instruments, light weight veneer and plyboard, low density particleboard, pulp, paper, and match sticks. Trees used for soil improvement and coffee shade in agroforestry systems.

Weed Risk Assessment score: 8 (high) Not recommended for introduction to new areas in Hawaii.

Family Rutaceae.

Native to Queensland, Australia.

Special area in Hawaii: Waiakea.

Introduced to Hawaii in 1935.

Wood used for cabinetry, turning, boat planking and veneer production.

Weed risk assessment -3 (OK)

Family Oleaceae.

Native to Mexico.

Special areas in Hawaii: Tantalus, Kula, Waihou, Waikea.

Lower photo: Large tree on Oahu; understory of tropical ash stand in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii.

Wood used for furniture, tools, carpentry.

Weed Risk Assessment: 11 (high). Not recommended for introduction into new areas in Hawaii.

Family Fabaceae (Papilionoideae).

Native to Central America and northern South America.

Wood used as fuelwood. Leaves used as livestock fodder. Trees used as cocoa shade and coffee shade and for soil improvement. Cutting used as living fence posts.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: -3 (OK)

Family Verbenaceae.

Native to mainland Southeast Asia.

Photos of flowers, leaves, fruit, and seeds from East Timor. Photo of deciduous tree from Philippines.

Wood used for paper pulp, light construction.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 2 (low)

Family Proteaceae.

Native to Australia. 

Lower photos: logs harvested from a planted stand on Kauai. Armoire made from Grevillea wood by Bart Potter.

The wood, called "lacewood", was widely used for cabintery but the sawdust is allergenic. The tree is used for shade and as a honey plant.The second most widely planted reforestation species in Hawaii.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 5 (OK, second screen), however, this species widely naturalizes in dry forests in Hawaii and is considered a pest.

Family Zygophyllaceae.

Native to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Wood used as fuel, woodware, carvings, and for boat building.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: -6 (OK)

Family Fabaceae (Cesalpinioideae).

Native to Eastern Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia, Malesia to Caroline Islands, Rotuma and Samoa.

Wood used as high class exterior windows, solid panel doors, framing, weatherboarding, flooring, furniture, stairs, handrails, poles, turnery, carving, musical instruments, building bridges, wharves, sluices and sheet piles.

Weed risk assessment -6 (OK).

Family Meliaceae.

Native to eastern central and southern Africa.

High-value timber used for cabintery and furniture making.

Weed Risk Assessment -1 (Low).

Family Meliaceae.

Native to the Sahel region of Africa spanning from West to East Africa, south of the Sahara and north of the equator.

Photo is from a four year old stand in Onomea, Hawaii.

High value timber used for furniture, building construction, boat building, decorative interior construction, turned wood products, windows, doors, mortars and prayer slates.

Weed Risk Assessment 0 (OK).